time now to head to thailand's famous sandy beaches. it has beautiful coastline which makes it a huge draw for tourists. that is not always good news for the environment. in 2019 we sent carmen, not to catch rays, but to join a clean—up mission. cleaning up thailand's beaches has become a priority for a network of volunteers called trash heroes. the group operates in 25 cities across the country. cleaning the beaches of trash and tiny pieces of cigarettes seems a never—ending task. but the trash heroes here could soon have some help. why do we need a beach robot here? because of the trash. so many tourists come to the beach. if the beach gets dirty they will not want to come. how does it work? the robot is digging in the sand, checking to separate the sand out. how much rubbish do you collect? four kilograms of trash from 80 metres. i am dying to have a go. that is forward and backwards? left and riuht. and right. this controls the speed. if you push this down, this will dig in the sand. if you push this down, this will dig in the s

time now to head to thailand's famous sandy beaches. it has beautiful coastline which makes it a huge draw for tourists. that is not always good news for the environment. in 2019 we sent carmen, not to catch rays, but to join a clean—up mission. cleaning up thailand's beaches has become a priority for a network of volunteers called trash heroes. the group operates in 25 cities across the country. cleaning the beaches of trash and tiny pieces of cigarettes seems a never—ending task. but the trash heroes here could soon have some help. why do we need a beach robot here? because of the trash. so many tourists come to the beach. if the beach gets dirty they will not want to come. how does it work? the robot is digging in the sand, checking to separate the sand out. how much rubbish do you collect? four kilograms of trash from 80 metres. i am dying to have a go. that is forward and backwards? left and riuht. this controls the speed. if you push this down, this will dig in the sand. this is great. i am cleaning the beach. _ the team is wo

time now to head to thailand's famous sandy beaches. the country has about 3000 kilometres of beautiful coastline which, of course, makes it a huge draw for tourists, but that doesn't always mean good news for the environment. so back in 2019 we set carmen to songkhla, in the country's south — not to catchy some rays, but tojoin a clean—up mission. cleaning up thailand's beaches has become a priority for a network of volunteers called trash heroes. the group operates in 25 cities across the country. cleaning the beaches of trash and tiny pieces of cigarette seems a never—ending task. but the trash heroes here could soon have some help. why do we need a beach robot here? because there is too many trash. this place i grew up, so many tourists come to this beach and if the beach gets dirty no—one wants to come, so i started this project. how does it actually work? the robot is digging in the sand about five centimetres, shaking to separate the sand out and move the trash back to the truck. and how much rubbish do you actually colle

time now to head to thailand's famous sandy beaches. it has beautiful coastline which makes it a huge draw for tourists. that is not always good news for the environment. in 2019 we sent carmen, not to catch rays, but to join a clean—up mission. cleaning up thailand's beaches has become a priority for a network of volunteers called trash heroes. the group operates in 25 cities across the country. cleaning the beaches of trash and tiny pieces of cigarettes seems a never—ending task. but the trash heroes here could soon have some help. why do we need a beach robot here? because of the trash. so many tourists come to the beach. if the beach gets dirty they will not want to come. how does it work? the robot is digging in the sand, checking to separate the sand out. how much rubbish do you collect? four kilograms of trash from 80 metres. i am dying to have a go. that is forward and backwards? left and right. this controls the speed. if you push this down, this will dig in the sand. this is great. i am cleaning the beach. the team is work

time now to head to thailand's famous sandy beaches. the country has about 3000 kilometres of beautiful coastline which, of course, makes it a huge draw for tourists, but that doesn't always mean good news for the environment. so back in 2019 we set carmen to songkhla, in the country's south — not to catch some rays, but to join a clean—up mission. cleaning up thailand's beaches has become a priority for a network of volunteers called trash heroes. the group operates in 25 cities across the country. cleaning the beaches of trash and tiny pieces of cigarette seems a never—ending task. but the trash heroes here could soon have some help. why do we need a beach robot here? because there is too many trash. this place i grew up, so many tourists come to this beach and if the beach gets dirty no—one wants to come, so i started this project. how does it actually work? the robot is digging in the sand about five centimetres, shaking to separate the sand out and move the trash back to the truck. and how much rubbish do you actually colle

time now to head to thailand's famous sandy beaches. the country has about 3,000 kilometres of beautiful coastline which, of course, makes it a huge draw for tourists, but that doesn't always mean good news for the environment. so back in 2019 we set carmen to songkhla, in the country's south — not to catchy some rays, but tojoin a clean—up mission. cleaning up thailand's beaches has become a priority for a network of volunteers called trash heroes. the group operates in 25 cities across the country. cleaning the beaches of trash and tiny pieces of cigarette seems a never—ending task. but the trash heroes here could soon have some help. why do we need a beach robot here? because there is too many trash. this place i grew up, so many tourists come to this beach and if the beach gets dirty no—one wants to come, so i started this project. how does it actually work? the robot is digging in the sand about five centimetres, shaking to separate the sand out and move the trash back to the truck. and how much rubbish do you actually coll

, thailand. they were stopped in the 'untle b thailand. they were stopped in the jungle by security _ thailand. they were stopped in the jungle by security personnel- thailand. they were stopped in the jungle by security personnel is, - jungle by security personnel is, trying to prevent them from coming further into thailand. so just kind of like pushback from there. this is kind of like a deterrence not to have too many of them coming in. and then once this has been lifted, the government has to say, no, we're not trying to push them back, we welcome them, but we have our professional ways of dealing with people. burmese refugees are also trying to enter india — and that's led to a crackdown there too. we're told the border state of manipur had originally told officials to 'politely turn away�* new arrivals. it's since reversed that order. with more on this, here's the bbc�*s anbarasan ethirajan in delhi. what the authorities did was, they were watching what was happening in the neighbouri

it's wonderful to be back in thailand, if we had to come back to thailand, the band needed another band. on the re-forget thailand, i made the mistake of a drinking out of the -- clung as what they call a canal here, if you live on a farm, they have another name for it. i went fishing out of a hotel when no one called two -- and an mp. >> and here's the show i still don't believe. the yellow largest gi audience i ever. the nicest person's christmas present i ever. give some say 30, 000, some say 28, 000, you count. >> merry christmas! i just want to tell you it's great to be back here in general west more in france. china westmoreland went to see the president. i guess it didn't work out, he's back. this bases loaded with brad, 1 pm seat spent his whole tour trying to find his way out of the washroom. they don't have this many starts at the academy awards, and it's just as much jealousy. but enough about my problem. now vietnam is less than half the size of california and the same shape. so why doesn't ronald reagan come over here and strength in the whole thing out? this is christmas d

refugees have been turned back in thailand. here is the explanation from the thai prime minister. >> some villagers arrived and we asked what problems there were. they said there weren't any. we then said, can you go back first? we did not point any guns in their faces. we shook their hands and we been wished them -- and we wish them well. that is humanitarian. >> the context here is that most of the resistance to the coup so far has come from the disobedience movement, primarily based in big cities. now armed ethnic groups are becoming involved, too. one of them is the national union. over the weekend, the burmese military carried out airstrikes over the group here in territory that controls in the state, which sits on the myanmar border with thailand. this was the aftermath of the airstrikes. these were the first aerial attacks in the area in the last 20 years. footage was sent by the air group free burma rangers, which works inside myanmar. this is its spokesperson. >> many of these strengths were carried out at night which

you can tell i've been days in thailand. it's wonderful to be back in thailand. we had to come back to thailand. the band needed another bath. i'll never forget thailand. i made the mistake of drinking out of the klung. a klung is what they call a canal here. if you live on a farm, they have another name for it. i went fishing out my hotel room and caught two nompangs and a u.p. here's the show i still don't believe, the largest g.i. audience i ever played to. some say 30,000, some say 28. you count 'em. i'm going out to grab 'em before i lose them. merry christmas. i just want to tell you it's great to be out here at general westmoreland. general westmoreland went to see the president. i guess it didn't work, he's back. one spent his whole tour of duty trying to swim his way out of the washroom. they don't have this many stars at the academy awards and there's just as much jealousy. enough about my problem. vietnam is less than my cabin, so why doesn't the president come and straighten this out? this morning a perfect stranger handed me a beautiful gift i couldn

figure this is a 0 live from doha also coming up wounded man lost civilians seek help in neighboring thailand after getting caught up in military attacks on an ethnic group . a crowded u.s. border facility in the state of texas is open to journalists for the 1st time. and brazil's military chiefs resigned in a sign the president jaya balsa naropa i don't have much power over them after all . there were emotional testimony is on the 2nd day of the trial of a former police officer who's charged with killing george floyd in the us city of minneapolis a teenager at a child were among those who spoke off camera because of their ages the court heard witnesses describe how they tried to intervene and became increasingly angry as they demanded derrick cho even take his knee off floyd's neck we have 2 correspondents covering the trial in minneapolis we begin with a report from john hendrick. as he watched derek show vanilla and george floyd's increasingly lifeless body donald williams called the police to report on the police at some point did you make a 911 call. the police. and why did you do that b

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it's wonderful to be back in thailand, if we had to come back to thailand, the band needed another bath. i will never forget thailand, i made the mistake of a drinking out of the -- clung as what they call a canal here, if you live on a farm, they have another name for it. i went fishing out of a hotel when no one called two -- and an mp. >> and here's the show i still don't believe. the largest gi audience i ever. the nicest person's christmas present i ever gave. some say 30, 000, some say 28, 000, you count. >> merry christmas! i just want to tell you it's great to be back here in general westmores ranch. china westmoreland went to see the president. i guess it didn't work out, he's back. this base is loaded with brad, 1 pm seat spent his whole day trying to salute his way out of the washroom. they don't have this many starts at the academy awards, and ther is just as much jealousy. but enough about my problem. now vietnam is less than half the size of california and the same shape. so why doesn't ronald reagan come over here and straighten the whole thing out? this is christmas day.

now thailand's government says it is preparing for an influx of refugees from me in march some 3000 people are reported to have fled the country already and more are on the move it follows a weekend of deadly violence that's drawn international condemnation and that violence may have reached a new level there are reports that the military has launched air strikes in current state home to an armed resistance group. and these villagers have found refuge in a jungle clearing. they fled their homes at the weekend when they say the military launched aerial attacks on their village in the end of. the night we weren't aware that jet fighters were coming and suddenly they randomly bombed and left. late at night the jets came again. and afterwards we heard gunshots. we heard that the jets will come again. an activist group the free burma rangers also reported airstrikes saying they were the 1st in karen state in 20 years in neighboring thailand preparations are being made for an influx of refugees. how many refugees are expected we have prepared an area for them to stay 1st after they cross over we

scott either live in mesa thailand a community bracing for protesters fleeing the military crackdown across the border in miramar and conspiracy theories and mistrust her to mexico's vaccine rollout ask over 1000 guests hit 200000. thank you very much for joining us 64 days into the job u.s. president joe biden has finally held his 1st news conference in 80 outlined his administration's multiple domestic and foreign policy priorities and his plans to tackle them but a growing refugee and migrant crisis at the us mexico border took center stage as our white house correspondent kimberly hocket reports from washington. he started with good news for americans and a new vaccination goal after already meeting his initial target of administering 100000000 vaccines in record time we met the goal last week by day 5842 days ahead of schedule. not a damn set is 2nd goal and that is we will by my 100 day in office have administered 200000000 shots of people's arms but joe biden solution to the problem of migrants attempting to enter the united states from mexico is less clear he denied the surge

thailand is such an incredible destination. people love thailand and they will come back. we have to pick countries that happen vaccinated as well and do not have the heavy restrictions, such as, i think israel is one of them. soon to be may be maybe countries in asia -- soon to be maybe countries in asia. rishaad: domestic tourism. guest: two domestic tourism makes up only one third of the overall tourism revenues. it's helpful, a lot of hotels in thailand are dim -- dependent on domestic markets and rely on government meetings. most hotels are in the key tourist destinations. in those areas, hotels happen hit hard. over 80% of hotels still remain closed their. some have not opened, most have not open since the first lockdown last year. our tourism has been hit hard, and the hardest hit are the people, tourism workers. we estimate that at present, 50% of tourism workers have lost their jobs temporarily, and hopefully by the beginning of next year when there is no quarantine, people will come back to work. haslinda: what kind of measures are you hoping to see from the gove

would you believe thailand? would you believe this sign in this is no time for sulking, not with this house full of kerosene burners. this captain just returned from his 100th mission over vietnam and he's introducing me. >> hold it, i just finished my 100th today and i can think of no better way to celebrate than to introduce mr. bob hope! [ cheers and applause ] >> listen, i can't think of anybody i would rather have introduce me than i guy just finished his hundredth mission. what do you think about that? captain johnson, right there. [ applause ] thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, here we are in tack lee, the megaopoli the boone docks. i don't know what that means. i never thought we would be playing in this fungus patch of the area but here we are. i take salt tablets to combat the sweat. i take so many salt tablets that when i sweat i throw it over my left shoulder. the thailanders use the runway. >> our pilots like the ad lib after a couple of shots. they come in without the plane. now thailand is

area which is just across the border from here thailand into myanmar there are airstrikes and that's why we saw that the flow of people coming over about 3000 coming over to thailand fleeing that seeking refuge and medical attention and the thais said that they're there so there are still about 550 here in thailand at thailand's territory but the rest about 2200 were sent back tire officials said it's because the situation was safe haven rights groups say no they were actually pushed back when they didn't want to go but what we look at overall the situation yes you have these ethnic armies that have been using their oh their their forces for individual battles with the government forces in myanmar now say they're willing to kind of work together if you will as they see this escalation on the streets across me and more and they believe that something needs to be done to stop that from continuing well the united nations security council has been holding a closed door meeting on the situation in myanmar a diplomatic editor james bays says members were warned of a potential bloodbath in

fighting for freedom support grows for protest the use of being jailed under thailand's law against defaming its wealthy. and palestinians commemorate land day marking the loss of their territory and israel's occupation. the world may have a year or less before the covered 19 vaccines available right now are no longer effective that is the warning from a survey of nearly 80 scientists from $28.00 countries 2 thirds say that within 9 months the virus will have mutated so much the vaccines will need to be modified nearly all say it's because of an equal access to inoculations too many countries haven't been able to vaccinate their people and that lack of coverage will allow the virus to adapt and change quickly and new variants pose a threat to all countries whether people are vaccinated or not scientists say the key to avoiding this is to share the technology they're calling for companies to lift patients so governments can increase supply quickly to stop their hits emerging professor michael baker is a professor of public health at the university of otago in new zealand he says the warnings

in thailand, they're bracing themselves for a much larger wave of refugees. they've seen it before here from the war torn areas of myanmar. this time, the refugees may come from allarts of the country. bbc news on th thai-burmese border. katty: so difficult. a quick look at world news. ballots counted in the vote involving amazon workers in alabama to establish the company's first unionized warehouse in the u.s. the e-commerce giant has faced criticism over working conditions during the pandemic. china has warned foreign nations not to criticize its radical overhaul o hong kong's political system, tightening beijing's control over the territory. chinese officials approved measures making it unlikely that anyone who opposes beijing will able to hold political office. this is "bbc world news america." still to ce, libya has a unified government for the first time in years but the past years of upheaval rain fresh in the minds of millions of people there. we have a special report from the country. and good news, the suez canal is open again after a massive cargo

in thailand, they're bracing themselves for a much larger wave of refugees. they've seen it before here from the war torn areas of myanmar. this time, the refugees may come from allarts of the country. bbc news on th thai-burmese border. katty: so difficult. a quick look at world news. ballots counted in the vote involving amazon workers in alabama to establish the company's first unionized warehouse in the u.s. the e-commerce giant has faced criticism over working conditions during the pandemic. china has warned foreign nations not to criticize its radical overhaul o hong kong's political system, tightening beijing's control over the territory. chinese officials approved measures making it unlikely that anyone who opposes beijing will be able to hold political office. this is "bbc world news america." still to come, libya has a unified government for the first time in years but the past years of upheaval rain fresh in the minds of millions of people there. we have a special report from the country. and good news, the suez canal is open again after a massive

thailand are trying to stop a trickle from becoming a flood. the number of armed men we are seeing here tells you that this is now a very tense border with myanmar. and the people who have been coming in here, many of them injured, of course for years have known something that young activists in the cities of myanmar are now learning at first hand. that the myanmar military, farfrom defending people, wages war against them with pitiless savagery, crushing them as enemies. in what is now the world's longest civil war, thousands of karen civilians have been displaced, beaten, raped and murdered by burmese soldiers. little surprise then that the same army is treating civilians in thailand, they are bracing themselves for a much larger wave of refugees. they have seen it before here from the war—torn karen areas of myanmar. this time, though, the refugees may come from all parts of the country. jonathan head, bbc news, on the thai—burmese border. you are watching bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news... the german chancellor angela m

given out this is there a law from dog also coming up escaped from me in march thousands crossing to thailand to flee airstrikes and a military crackdown will have the latest on the ground. she died after her neck was broken outrage at the treatment of the refugee while in police custody in mexico. it has infected nearly a 130000000 people on the planet now health leaders are looking at how to best cope with future pandemics like coronavirus the world health organization and the leaders of 23 countries including the u.k. france and germany to create an international treaty to tackle future global emergencies the treaty would ensure universal access to vaccines and health tools during a pandemic it would also aim to make all countries more resilient with better systems dr sharon. it has exposed the gaps in national regional and global prepared ness and response systems but also allowed us to identify opportunities to strengthen the international held architecture the time to act is now the world cannot afford to wait until the pandemic is over to start planning for the next one we must not all

the thais said that they're there they're still about 550 here in thailand at thailand's territory but the rest about 2200 were sent back tire officials said it's because the situation was safe haven rights groups say no they were actually pushed back when they didn't want to go but what we look at overall the situation yes you have these ethnic armies that have been using their 0 their their forces for individual battles with the government forces in myanmar now say they're willing to kind of work together if you will as they see this escalation on the streets across me and more and they believe that something needs to be done to stop that from continuing well the united nations security council is currently holding a closed door meeting on the situation in myanmar a diplomatic editor james baker says that the united nations for us following developments james what do you expect to be the biggest stumbling blocks in this security council meeting. well i think there's the problem is lack of unity on what to do you just heard scott saying that people in myanmar say something needs to be

in today's report, we cross into thailand. there, exiled burmese citizens have created resistance and support networks. this report is by dda quinn. -- didier quinn. reporter: we are in a small town on the thai side of the border. the burmese here know that the country's lockdown imposed by the military junta -- they are able to speak more freely on this side of the border. >> we do not want a coup. the army should leave. reporter: the burmese here flash the three finger support, which has become a symbol of asian pro-democracy protests. >> we are going to win this time. reporter: all along the border and in the market, the burmese migrants are angry and united, like never before. >> all the burmese people here, everyone contributes from their pockets and send the money to myanmar. reporter: they provide logistical and digital support. the association of former burmese political prisoners is running low profile operations hidden from junta spies. this organization identifies human rights violations on the other side of the bre

thailand is trying to stop a trickle from becoming a flood. well, the number of armed men we're seeing here tells you that this is now a very tense border with myanmar. and the karen people who've been coming in here — many of them injured — of course, for years have known something that young activists in the cities of myanmar are now learning at firsthand — that the myanmar military, farfrom defending people, wages war against them with pitiless savagery, crushing them as enemies. in what's now the world's longest civil war, thousands of karen civilians have been displaced, beaten, raped and murdered by burmese soldiers. in thailand, they're bracing themselves for a much larger wave of refugees. they have seen it before here from the war—torn karen areas of myanmar. this time, though, the refugees may come from all parts of the country. jonathan head, bbc news, on the thai—burmese border. do stay with us on bbc news if you can. still to come: why germany says its going to suspend the routine use of the astrazeneca vaccine for the u

but say forces that $10000.00 of them away thailand's prime minister says they chose to return to me in march and his country is ready to shelter anyone fleeing violence largely reports from kuala lumpur she says there are growing concerns about the situation on the border with thailand. clear escalation of violence following days of air strike reports say and 10000 people have already been sprayed many thousands are trying to cross the country into neighboring thailand to seek shelter and to seek refuge also getting reports from activists groups saying that these 5000 people have been turned back from entering thailand. we know that people who have been wounded have been trying to go into the country to seek medical assistance and dozens of them were allowed to go into the time and that to seek medical assistance but clearly what's happening in myanmar is now extremely worrisome it's not just the fact that there is now. our military is cracking down on protesters but it's very clear you also aren't seeing on areas how quiet ethnic armed groups. amnesty international has condemned th

thailand territory but the rest about 2200 were sent back tied social said it's because the situation was safe human rights groups say no they were actually pushed back when they didn't want to go but what we look at overall the situation yes you have these ethnic armies that have been using their own their their forces for individual battles with the government forces in myanmar now say they're willing to kind of work together if you will as they see this escalation on the streets across myanmar and they believe that something needs to be done to stop that from continuing. yemen's heathy rebels have rejected a leaked u.n. report suggesting that they're behind an attack on aids in airports at least 20 people were killed including a politician the report to the security council says the missiles used were similar to those in the who the arsenal and were far from areas under their control the rebels say any findings without an independent committee are biased and like credibility heavy gunfire was heard presidential palace on the early hours of weapons say 2 days before president elect

in neighboring thailand preparations are being made for an influx of refugees. how many refugees are expected we have prepared an area for them to stay 1st after they cross over we can talk about numbers later. it was a weekend of carnage in myanmar the military junta killed more than 100 people in cities on armed forces day while general celebrated with a military parade security forces opened fire seemingly indiscriminately on the streets. it was the deadliest day since the coup on february 1st but it didn't stop demonstrators from returning to the streets. the united nations has accused the army of mass murder and germany has joined a long list of nations condemning the ongoing violence. this is a shoot it's distressing to see the almost daily death toll from such violence by the security forces in neon markets including children the threats of the rulers against their own population are also shocking. calls for action by the international community are starting to grow louder but they come too late for those who have already lost their lives standing up for

thailand is trying to stop a trickle from becoming a flood. well, the number of armed men we're seeing here tells you that this is now a very tense border with myanmar. and the karen people who've been coming in here — many of them injured — of course, for years have known something that young activists in the cities of myanmar are now learning at firsthand — that the myanmar military, farfrom defending people, wages war against them with pitiless savagery, crushing them as enemies. in what's now the world's longest civil war, thousands of karen civilians have been displaced, beaten, raped and murdered by burmese soldiers. in thailand, they're bracing themselves for a much larger wave of refugees. they have seen it before here from the war—torn karen areas of myanmar. this time, though, the refugees may come from all parts of the country. jonathan head, bbc news, on the thai—burmese border. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: why germany says it's going to suspend the routine use of the astrazeneca vaccine for the under—60s. t

fleeing as trikes back home but not welcome in thailand the reality for thousands of myanmar refugees trapped on the border. and claims of forced labor in china's cotton fields beijing warns western retailers not to mix business with politics. and it was a death that marked a turning point in race relations in america and ignited mass protests across the world now the main suspects charged in the killing of george floyd has gone on trial in minneapolis 10 months after the black man lost his life while being held down by police officers the case is being broadcast live and is likely to have far reaching consequences across the u.s. prosecutor gerrie blackwell described how white policeman derrick showman knelt on floyd's neck while he and his fellow officers ignored floyd saying i can't breathe at least 27 times. the jury was shown the full video of the event but sherman's defense says he was simply following police procedure and that floyd's drug use contributed to his death. in his own days live in minneapolis force gave the prosecution defense laid out their cases in spite of they h

so there are still about 550 here in thailand, thailand, territory. but the rest about 2200 were sent back tied. fishel said it's because the situation was safe. human rights groups say no, they were actually pushed back when they didn't want to go. but what we look at overall, the situation, yes, you have these ethnic armies that have been using their oh their, their forces for individual battles with the government forces in myanmar now say they're willing to kind of work together if you will, as they see that this escalation on the streets across myanmar and they believe that something needs to be done to stop that from continuing in. the nation. search crews have recovered the cockpit voice recorder of a passenger jet which crashed in january. it's hard to go provide close about what led to the crash, killing all 62 people on board. jessica washington reports from jakarta. a long search finally comes to an end. in january carrying 62 passengers crashed into the java sea minutes after takeoff. search crews have since been looking for the cockpit vo

thailand is trying to stop a trickle from becoming a flood. well, the number of armed men we're seeing here tells you that this is now a very tense border with myanmar. and the karen people who've been coming in here — many of them injured — of course, for years have known something that young activists in the cities of myanmar are now learning at firsthand — that the myanmar military, farfrom defending people, wages war against them with pitiless savagery, crushing them as enemies. in what's now the world's longest civil war, thousands of karen civilians have been displaced, beaten, raped and murdered by burmese soldiers. in thailand, they're bracing themselves for a much larger wave of refugees. they have seen it before here from the war—torn karen areas of myanmar. this time, though, the refugees may come from all parts of the country. jonathan head, bbc news, on the thai—burmese border. do stay with us, if you can, on bbc news. still to come: why germany says it's going to suspend the routine use of the astrazeneca vaccine for th

gunfire as well as bombs being dropped right now we have over 30000 people who have fled into thailand because there's been at least 9 bombs dropped in this day in correct state with borders the area and especially considering that saturday was armed forces day and normally there are parades there are sort of celebration for the military and you know they're being led by a group of people really don't seem to care about civilian deaths what we saw on saturday it was not surprising you mentioned that people have been fleeing to thailand you are among them you left me on nor a few days ago why did you feel a need to leave the country. so i left because quite a large number of my friends' families as well as people i've been in contact with in the civil disobedience move. arrested or are being targeted for arrest and you know i personally don't want to go to jail and i don't think i would be productive in jail and so you know like many other there are people thailand was has historically been the home of the rice this events and i see myself sort of following in that tradition. how do you

reporter i'm in touch has been covering events in myanmar for us and joins us now from neighboring thailand i'm in touch you fled be a large just a few days ago are you surprised at the scale of saturday's bloodshed. no impact i was trying to arrange mind leaving date so that i would be out of the country before march 27th which is then what are they armed forces day it's also known as was this than stay and you know it. wasn't sure what would happen on march 27th but i knew something would happen what about was the civil disobedience movement declaring that there would be a federal army something bad that they have been talking about for a few days over a week at this point. the fact that our organizations banding together or the military doing an extended extra harsh crackdown on a day that they normally celebrates their role in the country so to some degree people could see this coming you know you've been reporting on the coup and its aftermath also for oss what made you leave the country so it was a number of different factors one of which was simply that a number of my close friends a

by thailand offering golf like a deserving mandatory quarantine to visit a. life in isolation doesn't have to be hard. it provided enough entertainment people may even enjoy their time in quarantine just like. the 66 year old belongs to the 1st group of south koreans who are spending 2 weeks in bangkok confined to a golf resort. monitor to go do it all think of 41 koreans golfing as you roam around the field was served by over 100 employees it's like emperor scolding. the businessman sas the pandemic has made playing the sport at home nearly impossible so many south korean golf lovers are heading to thailand for a getaway package device by the tiger meant to boost its ailing tourism sector the resort promise is top notch health care and hygiene for the price of $18000.00 euros. from your point of order your one on the go horn to an office and 3 save coronavirus tests and time to enjoy golfing. run 20 doctors provide daily health checkups in for the guests to while they're staying here. and it's not an expensive program son. plans to spend another month in tha

area which is just across the border from here thailand into myanmar there are air strikes and that's why you mentioned jim we saw that the flow of people coming over about 3000 coming over to thailand fleeing that seeking refuge and medical attention and the thais said that there are still about 550 here in thailand at thailand's territory but the rest about 2200 were sent back tire officials said it's because the situation was safe human rights groups say no they were actually pushed back when they didn't want to go but what we look at overall the situation yes you have these ethnic armies that have been using their own there their forces for individual battles with the government forces in myanmar now say they're willing to kind of work together if you will as they see that this escalation on the streets across me in mar and they believe that something needs to be done to stop that from continuing and i thank you for that update this call hi glenn. and has a diplomatic at us james bays looking at what to expect from the un security council meeting later in the day. the security cou

now thailand's government says it is preparing for an influx of refugees from me and mark some 3000 people are reported to have fled the country already and more are on the move it follows a weekend of deadly violence that's drawn international condemnation and the violence may have reached a new level there are reports that the military has launched airstrikes in current state home to an armed resistance group. and these villagers have found refuge in a jungle clearing. they fled their homes at the weekend when they say the military launched aerial attacks on their village with the words in the field of. the night we weren't aware that jet fighters were coming and suddenly they randomly bombed and left. late at night the jets came again and afterwards we heard gunshots. we heard that the jets will come again. an activist group the free burma rangers also reported airstrikes saying they were the 1st in karen state in 20 years in neighboring thailand preparations are being made for an influx of refugees. how many refugees are expected but we have prepared an area for them to stay 1st after

business thank you so much for bring us up to date now thailand's government says it is preparing for an influx of refugees from 1000000 marm some 3000 people are reported to have fled the country already and more are on the move it follows a weekend of deadly violence that's drawn international condemnation and the violence may have reached a new level there are reports that the military has launched airstrikes in current state home to an armed resistance group. and these villagers have found refuge in a jungle clearing. they fled their homes at the weekend when they say the military launched aerial attacks on their village. we weren't aware that jet fighters were coming and suddenly they randomly bombed and left. late at night the jets came again and afterwards we heard gunshots. heard that the jets will come again. an activist group the free burma rangers also reported airstrikes saying they were the 1st in karen state in 20 years in neighboring thailand preparations are being made for an influx of refugees. many refugees are expected we have prepared an area for them to stay 1st a

thousands cross the border from me and ma into thailand after an attack by the military the latest chapter in the junk his crackdown on dissent. a cry for help nearly 200 foreign workers are trapped in a hotel in northern mozambique after a remote town is attacked by an armed group. egypt's president has ordered port authorities to offload some of the cargo from the container ship which has blocked the su is canal for the 6 days there are huge delays to the global shipping network syria's been forced to ration fuel and has a tanker waiting in the traffic jam along with around 300 other vessels steps are being taken to guarantee supplies for hospitals and bakeries and water stations yemen and lebanon are considering rationing fuel suez canal authorities are waiting for more tug boats to help free the ship on saturday they said they successfully dug out the stern of the canal as one of the world's most important shipping lanes with trade valued at more than $9000000000.00 every day special welsh is the vice president of oil markets and dunn stream consulting at i.h.s. market he says the dela

thailand is trying to stop a trickle from becoming a flood. well, the number of armed men we're seeing here tells you that this is now a very tense border with myanmar. and the karen people who've been coming in here — many of them injured — of course, for years have known something that young activists in the cities of myanmar are now learning at firsthand — that the myanmar military, farfrom defending people, wages war against them with pitiless savagery, crushing them as enemies. in what's now the world's longest civil war, thousands of karen civilians have been displaced, beaten, raped and murdered by burmese soldiers. in thailand, they're bracing themselves for a much larger wave of refugees. they have seen it before here from the war—torn karen areas of myanmar. this time, though, the refugees may come from all parts of the country. jonathan head, bbc news, on the thai—burmese border. do stay with us on bbc news if you can. still to come: germany will suspend use of the astrazeneca vaccine for those under 60. the accident that

the youth driven protest movement in thailand fighting for reform of government and the monarchy is trying to regain momentum most of its leadership was jailed during a recent legal crackdown using a revived royal defamation law scotland has been speaking to the parents of those behind boss as this report from bangkok. defiant at their quarter rivals earlier this month protest leaders put it she would lock known as penguin. and upon the often a cool known as wrong. but they were hidden from the cameras this week police made certain to keep them out of sight as they arrive for criminal court hearings both face charges of sedition and royal defamation. at a tribute for the arrested protesters penguins mother she would lock is now growing more worried about her 22 year old son but says she's staying strong for him. penguins been in jail since february 9th and 2 weeks ago started a hunger strike until they all was granted. he always tells us to be patient to make sacrifices and be proud of him no matter what happens to him he's not harming anybody only expressing his honest opinion to make his

thailand territory but the rest about 2200 were sent back tied fishel said it's because the situation was safe human rights groups say no they were actually pushed back when they didn't want to go but what we look at overall the situation yes you have these ethnic armies that have been using their own there their forces for individual battles with the government forces in myanmar now say they're willing to kind of work together if you will as they see that this escalation on the streets across myanmar and they believe that something needs to be done to stop that from continuing. in the coming hours the u.n. security council will hold a closed door meeting on the situation in myanmar a diplomatic answer james bays looks at what to expect. the security council has already issued 2 strong statements on the situation in myanmar but they've been ignored and the violence and killing has continued in the streets the secretary general of the united nations antonio terrace in recent days has issued fresh condemnation and has called for united international action we need more unity in internat

without anybody to ponder if many new refugees come to thailand there might be a strain on resources for the existing refugees if donor organizations provide funding for the new arrivals will probably lose out the sunsets on friendship bridge ending a day in these uncertain times from a side a community that for decades served as the main gateway between thailand and myanmar both physically and culturally but with the unrest now unfolding in myanmar the differences are becoming more evident the separation becoming more defined well over to scott heide lawyer who joins us now from a cell phone scolds. and we're at that friendship bridge you can see it behind me and that leads straight into myanmar obviously very quiet now these days and now this is a community may said it was we saw in that story that is really kind of a cultural and physical bridge between these 2 nations obviously things are very rocky now because of what's been happening across the border but over the years of civil conflict between ethnic armies and the tatmadaw the myanmar military there have been a lot of refuge

tony chang there with all the latest for us from bangkok in thailand thank you very much tony well as tony was saying assy and foreign ministers have been meeting virtually today to discuss the situation in myanmar jessica washington has more on that meeting. so the point. is we don't get all the countries raised during this meeting but we know that indonesia has been at the forefront of trying to organize these meetings between foreign ministers and trying to organize some sort of meeting at the in the end it ended up being a virtual meeting between ministers. and all the countries have stressed for this process is that this meeting does not confer any sort of legitimacy on the military it is not showing any support but this is the start of a dialogue and the start of normalizing the situation. you know that indonesia has been the biggest advocate in the on. democratic transition to some of the stated aims we heard from the foreign minister. is that the safety and welfare of the people should be at the forefront of that. humanitarian access and that should stand ready to assist in th

it comes as activists say that thailand is sending back thousands of people fleeing the un lark thailand has tonight the reports and says that it has no policy of turning away refugees. chinese leaders have approved a sweeping overhaul of hong kong electoral system elective seats in parliament have been slashed and the number of directly appointed seats increase china has been tightly descript on the territory since anti-government unrest began in recent years. brazilian president i had also not all has carried out a large cabinet reshuffle amid a slide in his popularity over his handling of the pandemic the foreign minister is among the ministers leading the government he has been widely criticised for damaging brazil's international ties and aggravating the pandemic by alienating vaccine suppliers. mexico has overtaken brazil as the country with the world's 2nd highest kovan 1000 death toll after the united states new government data show close 230-0000 coburn 1958 it deaths that's over 60 percent more than previously thought. doctors say battling the crisis is like fighting a war. the

if many new refugees come to thailand there might be a strain on resources for the existing refugees if donor organizations provide funding for the new arrivals will probably lose out the sun sets on friendship bridge ending a day in these uncertain times from a side a community that for decades served as the main gateway between thailand and myanmar both physically and culturally but with the unrest now unfolding in myanmar the differences are becoming more evident the separation becoming more defined it's got harder al-jazeera may stop. still ahead on al-jazeera trying to find a common facet of a shared crisis european union leaders discuss how to get the cone of vaccine supply going thousands of venezuelans escaped to colombia after fighting between the military and then travel. it's time for the perfect gentleman the winter sponsored plan qatar airways how they have got a big contrast in the weather across the middle east at the moment more wintry weather coming in across northern parts of a bit of cloud and a fair bit of snow temperatures hovering around freezing and 0 celsius t

now thailand's government says it is preparing for an influx of refugees from me in march some 3000 people are reported to have fled the country already and more are on the move it follows a weekend of deadly violence that strong international condemnation and the violence may have reached a new level there are reports that the military has launched air strikes in current state home to an armed resistance group. these villagers have found refuge in a jungle clearing. they fled their homes at the weekend when they say the military launched aerial attacks on their village. in the. last night we weren't aware that jet fighters were coming and suddenly they randomly bombed and left. late at night the jets came again. and afterwards we heard gunshots. heard that the jets will come again. an activist group the free burma rangers also reported airstrikes saying they were the 1st in karen state in 20 years in neighboring thailand preparations are being made for an influx of refugees. how many refugees are expected we have prepared an area for them to stay 1st after they cross over we can talk abou

we are also getting reports that these 5000 people have been turned back from entering thailand. we know that people who have been wounded have been trying to go into the country to seek medical assistance, and dozens of them were allowed to go into a type village to seek medical assistance, but clearly what is happening in myanmar is extremely worrisome. it is not just the fact the military is cracking down on protesters, but it's very clearly also advancing on ethnic groups. >> the secretary of state says the pandemic has given autocratic governments the pretext for repression. >> the report we are releasing today shows that the trendlines on human rights continue to move in the wrong direction. we see evidence that in every region of the world this is happening. we see it in the genocide being committed against the prominently muslim uighurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups. the attacks on politicians, anticorruption activists, independent journalists in places like russia, uganda, and venezuela. we see it in arbitrary arrests, beatings, and other violence agains

now police in thailand's capital of used water cannon to push back anti-government protest is advancing on the king ceremonial residence about 1500 people broke through barriers surrounding bangkok's grand palace clashing with riot police brought in to protect the area a youth protest movement has grown in thailand since last year model the resignation of the government and reforms to the moment they also want the release of the protest leaders well to pull back e d y mitch is dean of the faculty of political science at thailand's russia tunney and of us t.v. he believes the government is it is adopting the wrong tactics. their government to be more list with their future if they want and be a democracy country but what we have seen today and not become is i'm actually trying to imminence it because because there are important markets but then to go in actually one to remain in power elite you want it to stay in power by keeping it and that was written by him so so did use to as a man the very man the man who in this country is to remove the power of the appointment to ireland. and that