the philippines is banding travelers from malaysia and thailand. people in manila have been queueing up for vaccines restrictions have been re imposed to the air and in other provinces until the end of the month. elsewhere in the region, even remote island, nations that had remained isolated from much of last year as being infections. rise 20 cheng has moved grieving relatives, watch as the body of their mothers remove from the hospital in fiji. the cause cove at 19 the pacific nation has seen a significant rise in daily cases in the past week to more than a 1000 a day and a rising death toll. the cove at $900.00 delta variant is now widespread in fiji, even though 70 percent of the population has received one vaccine chart. and there's widespread cooperation with the vaccination rollout benefit of everyone else. and they've got your family. busy and friends, the neighbors a, some of the most remote islands in the world. many of the pacific nations have been under strict lockdown for the past year. and in some cases recorded 0 domestic transmission

the philippines is banding travelers from malaysia and thailand. people in manila been queueing up for vaccines restrictions have been reimpose bare and in other provinces until the end of the month. elsewhere in the region, even remote island, nations that had remained isolated for much of last year. seeing infections rise, tony chang has more grieving relatives, watch as the body of their mothers remove from the hospital in fiji. the cause cove at 19 the pacific nation has seen a significant rise in daily cases in the past week to more than a 1000 a day and a rising death toll. the curve at $900.00 delta variant is now widespread in fiji, even though 70 percent of the population has received one vaccine chart. and there's widespread cooperation with the vaccination roland for the benefit of everyone else. and they've got your family. busy and friends, the neighbors a, some of the most remote islands in the world. many of the pacific nations have been under strict locked down for the past year. and in some cases recorded 0 domestic transmission of

now, many of us have to hide and escape to thailand to find a job. some of us got caught and was sent to prison. more watson, johnny id carey, is also a migrant from me and mom who has settled in thailand for many years. he helps run a local charity. there are a lot of children also come along with the parents and some parents. they don't have a document. so they had a, a lot of, you know, issues to going around. and if the parents get arrested, the children will be left behind in a hot or in the houses and who is going to take care of their children. he says, live here is also getting increasingly difficult for migrant workers. because of corona virus restrictions. when a new infection is reported in a village, no one is allowed to leave unless they can show they've tested negative for coven 19. many are unable to find work, and have been relying on donation. but supplies are slowly dwindling, as continued restrictions cause economic hardship for everyone else. the struggle for survival is also made was by a sense of frustration at what's happening

now, many of us have to hide and escape to thailand. to find a job, some of us got caught and was sent to prison. more watson, johnny id carey, is also a migrant from me and mom who has settled in thailand for many years. he helps run a local charity. there are a lot of children also come along with the parents and some parents. they don't have a document. so they had a lot of you know, issues to going around. and if the parents get arrested, the children will be left behind in a hot or in houses and who is going to take care of their children. he says, live here is also getting increasingly difficult for migrant workers. because of corona virus restrictions. when a new infection is reported in a village, no one is allowed to leave unless they can show they've tested negative for coven 19. many are unable to find work and have been relying on donation, but supplies as slowly dwindling as continued restrictions cause economic hardship for everyone else. the struggle for survival is also made was by a sense of frustration at what's happen

now, many of us have to hide an escape to thailand, to find a job. some of us got caught and was sent to prison. more watson, johnny id curry, is also a migrant from me. and mom who has settled in thailand for many years. he helps run a local charity. there are a lot of children also come along with the parents and some parents. they don't have a document. so they had a, a lot of, you know, issues to going around. and if the parents get arrested, the children will be left behind in a hot or in houses and who is going to take care of their children. he says, live here. it's also getting increasingly difficult for migrant workers because of corona virus restrictions. when a new infection is reported in a village, no one is allowed to leave unless they can show this tested negative for cove at 19 . many are unable to find work and have been relying on donations, but supplies as slowly dwindling as continued restrictions cause economic hardship for everyone else. the struggle for survival is also made was by a sense of frustration at what's happening bac

the philippines is banding traveling from malaysia and thailand. people in manila have been king of the vaccine restrictions have been re imposed and in other provinces until the end of the month. also in the region, even remote island, nations that had remained isolated for much of last year, all seeing infections rise. as tony chang reports, grieving relatives watch as the body of their mothers removed from a hospital in fiji. the cause cove at 19 the pacific nation has seen a significant rise in daily cases in the past week to more than a 1000 a day. and a rising death toll, the curve at 1900 delta variant is now widespread in fiji. even though 70 percent of the population has received one vaccine chart. and there's widespread cooperation with the vaccination rollout for the benefit of everyone else. and they've got your family. busy and friends, the neighbors, some of the most remote islands in the world. many of the pacific nations have been under strict locked down for the past year. and in some cases recorded 0 domestic transmission of cover

now, many of us have to hide and escape to thailand. to find a job. some of us got caught and was sent to prison. more watson, johnny id curry is also a migrant from me. and mom who has settled in thailand for many years. he helps run a local charity. there are a lot of children also come along with the parents and there's some parents, they don't have a document. so they had a lot of, you know, issues to going around. and if the parents get arrested, the children will be left behind in a hot or in houses and who's going to take care of their children. he says, live here is also getting increasingly difficult for migrant workers because of corona virus restrictions. when a new infection is reported in a village, no one is allowed to leave unless they can show this tested negative for cove at 19 . many are unable to find work and has been relying on donation, but supplies as slowly dwindling as continued restrictions cause economic hardship for everyone else. the struggle for survival is also made was by a sense of frustration at what's happening back

the philippines is dining travelers from malaysia and thailand. people in manila have been queueing up for vaccines and restrictions have been re imposed there and other provinces until the end of the month. elsewhere in the region, even remote island, nations that had remained isolated from march of last year, i'll seeing infections rise. tony chung explain grieving relatives watch as the body of their mothers remove from the hospital in fiji. the cause cove at 19 the pacific nation has seen a significant rise in daily cases in the past week to more than a 1000 a day. and a rising death toll. the cove at $900.00 delta variant is now widespread in fiji. even though 70 percent of the population has received one vaccine chart. and there's widespread cooperation with the vaccination rollout benefit of everyone else. and they've got your family. busy and friends, the neighbors of some of the most remote islands in the world. many of the pacific nations have been under strict lockdown for the past year. and in some cases recorded 0 domestic transmissio

a small group of protest is trying to march to thailand's health ministry. but the police are determined not to let them through. their protesting both the scarcity of vaccination shot and the vaccines. the government is giving them some on hawk walk me. i'm worried about the vaccine that the government has ordered for us with many people, including myself don't want to novak vaccine, but the government keeps ordering more. reassuring was from a senior health official have little impact. that leaked memo shows that the government is keen to defend signed it thanks to protective notice. despite the doctor's concern, the house officials unwilling to push other vaccines for fare, scenting public confidence. to illustrate their concerns, the protest, his poor paint and bound, muddle corpses and attempt to cremate them. security guards quickly step in sign a vac was the 1st bank seemed to be released and thailand was quickly distributed to frontline medical workers, most of whom have now had 2 doses. but as the new cove at delta very and spread some found they we

and mom who has settled in thailand for many years. he helps run a local charity. there are a lot of children also come along with the parents and there's some parents, they don't have a document. so they had a lot of, you know, issues to going around. and if the parents get arrested, the children will be left behind in a hot or in houses and who's going to take care of their children. he says, live here. it's also getting increasingly difficult for migrant workers because of corona virus restrictions. when a new infection is reported in a village, no one is allowed to leave unless they can show this tested negative for cove at 19 . many are unable to find work and has been relying on donation, but supplies as slowly dwindling as continued restrictions cause economic hardship for everyone else. the struggle for survival is also made was by a sense of frustration at what's happening back home. me my vision. i want the manmohan to release and sun city and focus on helping the people from the crisis. i want democracy and men more than the come to can move forward to d

now, many of us have to hide and escape to thailand. to find a job. some of us got caught and was sent to prison. more watson, johnny id curry is also a migrant from me. and mom who has settled in thailand for many years. he helps run a local charity. there are a lot of children also come along with the parents and there's some parents, they don't have a document. so they had a lot of, you know, issues to going around. and if the parents get arrested, the children will be left behind in a hot or in houses and who's going to take care of their children. he says, live here. it's also getting increasingly difficult for migrant workers because of corona virus restrictions. when a new infection is reported in a village, no one is allowed to leave unless they can show this tested negative for cove at 19 . many are unable to find work and has been relying on donation. but supplies are slowly dwindling, as continued restrictions cause economic hardship for everyone else. the struggle for survival is also made was by a sense of frustration at what's happening

now, many of us have to hide and escape to thailand to find a job. some of us got caught and was sent to prison. more watson, johnny id curry, is also a migrant from me. and mom who has settled in thailand for many years. he helps run a local charity. there are a lot of children also come along with the parents and some parents. they don't have a document. so they had a, a lot of, you know, issues to going around. and if the parents get arrested, the children will be left behind in a hot or in houses and who is going to take care of their children. he says, live here is also getting increasingly difficult for migrant workers because of corona virus restrictions. when a new infection is reported in a village, no one is allowed to leave unless they can show that tested negative for cove at 19 . many are unable to find work and have been relying on donations, but supplies are slowly dwindling, as continued restrictions cause economic hardship for every one else. the struggle for survival is also made was by a sense of frustration at what's happening bac

a vaccines wouldn't arrive till the autumn thailand had a real problem finding enough supply vaccine to meet demand. the current rates, the whole country won't be fully vaccinated until the middle of next year. at a local temple, people have been queueing over night just to get a cobit test. increasingly difficult in thailand, which now has reco daily infection rates, despite early successes in the fight against cove at 19 times responses now looking poorly planned an ill prepared. now many a questioning the faith in the government's ability to respond. tony chang, al jazeera banker, the china is leading world in vaccine export and donations. but analysts say it could be using vaccines to expand its influence, trying to deliver hundreds of millions of channels to almost a 100 countries most who have gone to the asia pacific region. 120000000 have been sent indonesia alone. chinese vaccines also been delivered to 1900 countries in latin america, the most going to brazil at 57000000 scientific jobs that are allowed to vaccines in africa has been slower, but half of the 50000000 doses o

and the war in the region and public confidence in china, the china vac vaccine. wayne's in thailand, as covert cases, continue to search ah, and statue of a u. s. confederate general at the center of violent clashes 4 years ago, has been removed from its pedestal, in the city of charlottesville, virginia, on look as cheered as the robert e. lee monument was lifted from the prince cruise, also removed a statue of fellow confederate, general thomas stonewall. jackson, protective fencing and designated, no parking zones had been installed by securities. but the event passed off peacefully in 2017 white supremacist protests over plans to remove it, led to clashes in which a woman was run down by a car and killed. today the fact you come down and we are one small step closer to a more perfect. yes. the object was only important because of the race of the man who sat upon the horse. his greatest honor was his whiteness and a treason that he committed in the attempt to preserve the great american tradition of being able to enslaved rape, pillage and murder, our black people for economic gai

now, many of us have to hide an escape to thailand, to find a job. some of us got caught and was sent to prison. more watson, johnny id carey, is also a migrant from young man who has settled in thailand for many years. he helps run a local charity. there are a lot of children also come along with the parents and some parents. they don't have a document. so they had a, a lot of, you know, issues to going around. and if the parents get arrested, the children will be left behind in a hot or in houses and who is going to take care of their children. he says, live here is also getting increasingly difficult for migrant workers because of corona virus restrictions. when a new infection is reported in a village, no one is allowed to leave unless they can show this tested negative for cove at 19 . many are unable to find work and has been relying on donation. but supplies are slowly dwindling, as continued restrictions cause economic hardship for everyone else. the struggle for survival is also made was by a sense of frustration at what's happening back hom

. >>> and thailand's most popular island reopening. how it could be to revive a struggling tourism industry. >>> it is sunday, july 4th. happy independence day. we hope you are enjoying the holiday weekend and we're glad to have you with us. good morning. good to see you. let's talk about this hurdle in the way of rescuers hoping to find survivors at the site of that surfside condo collapse. we are entering day 11 of this search effort. it's on stand-by after miami-dade officials moved up ambulance to demolish the building's remaining units there. >> engineers have been keeping a close eye on the part of the structure that's still standing since the condo's partial collapse. but an approaching tropical system is escalating concern about the safety of the crews working at the site. >> the fear was that the hurricane may take the building down for us and take it down in the wrong direction, on top of the pile where they have victims. we will allow our rescue workers to pour all over the entire site without any fear of danger from falling

a small group of protest is trying to march to thailand's health ministry. the police are determined not to let them through their protesting both the scarcity of vaccination shot and the vaccines. the government is giving them some one hawk hawk me. i'm worried about the vaccine that the government has ordered for us with many people, including myself don't wants to novak vaccine, but the government keeps ordering more. reassuring was from a senior health official have little impact leaked memo shows that the government is keen to defend scientists thanks to protective nist, despite the doctors concerned with health officials unwilling to push other vaccines for fear of denting public confidence. to illustrate their concerns, the protest, his poor paint on bound, muddle corpse, and attempt to cremate them. clarity guards quickly, step in sign of the 1st bank seemed to be released and thailand was quickly distributed to frontline medical workers, most of whom have now had 2 doses. but it's a new cobit delta variance spread. some found they weren't protected.

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plenty more had on the news hour, including lease documents in thailand, inject out over china vaccine. this effectiveness against new cobra, 1900 darian digital harassment. police investigate how dozens of muslim women in india appeared and spake online auctions without their consent. processors in tokyo gather outside the hotel, where the ios, the president, the thing calling for the olympic games to be cancelled. but 1st, the world's wealthiest nations are sounding the alarm about the spread of the highly contagious coven. 1900. delta variance g. 20 finance leaders are meeting in italy to discuss the risk of global recovery cases are rising in 69 countries. the international monetary fund has warned that unequal vaccine access is a threat to recovery. efforts on the european union says it's delivered, in effect, seems to member states to immunize 70 percent of adults, but the blocks leader says, the fight is not over. our vaccination campaign has accelerated tremendously since the beginning of the year. our joint approach is a success. because we will only come out of this crisis to

now, many of us have to hide an escape to thailand, to find a job. some of us got caught and was sent to prison. more watson, johnny id carey, is also a migrant from me. and mom who has settled in thailand for many years. he helps run a local charity. there are a lot of children also come along with the parents and some parents. they don't have a document. so they had a, a lot of, you know, issues to going around. and if the parents get arrested, the children will be left behind in a hot or in houses and who is going to take care of their children. he says, live here is also getting increasingly difficult for migrant workers because of corona virus restrictions. when a new infection is reported in a village, no one is allowed to leave unless they can show their tested negative for cove at 19. many are unable to find work and have been relying on donation, but supplies as slowly dwindling as continued restrictions cause economic hardship for every one else. the struggle for survival is also made was by a sense of frustration at what's happening back h

one thing that's interesting is that you look at countries like thailand. when i start talking to intelligence officers a lot of equipment they're using to penetrate and break into cell phones or to access communications doesn't necessarily come from chinese technology. in fact, some of the biggest purveyors of this equipment relate to liberal democracies come places like israel, countries in europe as well as the united states. one of the interesting things with it comes to the diffusion of this type of technology is it's not just, it doesn't originate from china. it comes from a variety of vendors, a right of countries many of which are democracies themselves. >> host: so steven feldstein, is privacy a thing of the past? >> guest: i think at least as we have conceived of it probably is. i think the idea that with smart phone which are essentially devices for surveillance in one form or another, whether for monetization reasons or for law enforcement or political reasons, but the fact that those are ubiquitous, that we rely upon digital life and digital de

so the head on out 0, lead documents in thailand, inject down the china is fun about vaccine and its effectiveness against new private 1900 very ox home says more people are dying of hunger encoded. 19, as the pandemic pushes hundreds of thousands to famine. ah, it's a bit of a broken record, but what's a good description of most the middle east, but it really is on the hot side of the moment. a cookie waits full cost of $51.00 . baghdad at 49, now miss least not as bad. the further west you go, the onshore breezes keep you cooler in beirut and jerusalem, even here is pretty warm about 30 degrees. the he overlay the temperature. you see this is the area of real heat. it extends into the mountains of western iran and half as they could be because they are above sea level. but baghdad is hovered around 50 and has been, it seems for weeks now, you want a bit of proper relief, head, south and cellar with a heavy fist cut in knots. the western edge of the monsoon wind, which means is almost permanent. the clarity, drizzly, or even sometimes sundry, and it turns nice and green. it's a rare

the military cracked down at home faced huge challenges in thailand, jews. the cobra pandemic and russia shows off. it's me out of time. fire pie with president putin talking tough on his country's navy de. ah, trinity, as president says he's dismissed prime minister his i'm a she, she and he is suspended. parliament moved the head of parliament says is unconstitutional. it follows nationwide protest over the handling of the corona virus pandemic, and a struggling economy crowds in june as celebrated after the president's announcements. president high side says he's taking over executive powers and will appoint a new prime minister vital other. this is editor in chief of michigan. it's a changes in news analysis website. he's joining us by skype from the june is in capital june it's, it's good to have you with us analogy 0. the parliamentary speaker is accusing the president of launching a crew against the revolution. and the constitution is this a qu well, certainly the speaker of parliament rushed anew. she will be had the party and not the which is the bi

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now, many of us have to hide an escape to thailand, to find a job. some of us got caught and was sent to prison. more watson, johnny id carey, is also a migrant from me. and mom who has settled in thailand for many years. he helps run a local charity. there are a lot of children also come along with the parents and there's some parents, they don't have a document. so they had a lot of you know, issues to going around. and if the parents get arrested, the children will be left behind in a hot or in houses and who's going to take care of their children. he says, live here is also getting increasingly difficult for migrant workers. because of corona virus restrictions. when a new infection is reported in a village, no one is allowed to leave unless they can show this tested negative for cove at 19 . many are unable to find work and have been relying on donation. but supplies as slowly dwindling as continued restrictions cause economic hardship for everyone else. the struggle for survival is also made was by a sense of frustration at what's happening bac

if you look at a place like thailand where i have conducted a ton of interviews, a lot of intelligence officers said even if they think some of these methods would be useful to them, to directly embrace chinese mass surveillance is something that would immediately cause a backlash. so in that sense there has to be other motivating factors for why countries will choose to use some of these techniques when it comes to their own countries. host: how does the chinese social credit score play into what you are talking about with digital repression? guest: it certainly represents a culmination of how technology in the hands of the state, which is able to see into all of the transactions a citizen undertakes, how that can then be leveraged in very sinister ways by the state for its political purposes. that is something that i think as it starts to come together in fuller form represents the next frontier in how digital repression will occur. but i would also say, to what extent is the social credit system some thing that can be read -- that can be replicated, and that's a big? . you need a lo

oh, thank you very much. recently the documents in thailand suggest doctors are concerned china sent about vaccine is not effective against new cobra. 1900 variance. the health minister has defended the job saying the leak memo was only an opinion, but it's tony chang report from bank called public confidence is waning. a small group of pretences tried to march to thailand's health ministry, but the police are determined not to let them through. their protesting both the scarcity of vaccination shot and the vaccines, the government is giving them. ha ha. i'm worried about the vaccine that the government has ordered for us with many people, including myself don't wants to novak vaccine, but the government keeps ordering more. reassuring was from a senior health official have little impact leaked memo, shows that the government is keen to defend signed a vax effectiveness. despite the doctor's concerns with health officials unwilling to push other vaccines for fear of scenting public confidence. to illustrate their concerns, the protest is poor, paint on bound, muddle corpses, and atte

i think the long-term future of thailand remains very positive and phuket in particular. thailand was voted the most popular country in the world for digital nomads because of low tax rates, low living expenses and so on. i think this country will continue to grow and we will come out of this. >> how will the whole experience of banyan tree have evolved and changed as a consequence of the pandemic? >> we have been positioned quite well because the book of the banyan tree -- if you look at the banyan tree brand, that is relatively isolated from mass tourism. we always had a strong focus on wellness, well-being. that is one of the big consequences of a pandemic. we are coming out of this with a lot of new initiatives. this is in different parts of the world. that will emphasize the ecotourism that we have always been known for. i think we will come out of this as everyone else will with lessons as to where we can be stronger. digital transformation is something that will be critical for everyone. >> we wish you well. there is a lot of pent-up demand out there. let's have a

president sends a warning to his russian counterpart after a series of cyber attacks leak documents and thailand inject out over china's set of vaccine, and its effectiveness against new coven by team varies. ah, haiti appears to be hurtling towards a deeper political crisis after the assassination of president juvenile mois. it's senate has nominated joseph lambert as the new interim president until new elections are held. now the senate is also back area hungry to replace a co joseph. as a prime minister. marie was killed in his home on wednesday after a heavily armed hit squad haitian police say it was made up of mostly foreign, most res manual and apollo reports for colombia officials or stepping up assistance to haiti following the assess nation of haitian president. janelle moves on friday, the colombian government announced that resources and personnel would be sent to aid in the investigation. intelligence officials are also sharing more information about the 26 out of 28 alleged conspirators identified as colombian citizen. don't up the knitting for matthew? yeah, we have the 1st detail

now, many of us have to hide and escape to thailand to find a job. some of us got caught and was sent to prison. more watson, johnny id carey, is also a migrant from me and mom who has settled in thailand for many years. he helps run a local charity. there are a lot of children also come along with the parents and some parents. they don't have a document. so they had a, a lot of, you know, issues to going around. and if the parents get arrested, the children will be left behind in a hot or in houses and who is going to take care of their children. he says, live here is also getting increasingly difficult for migrant workers. because of corona virus restrictions. when a new infection is reported in a village, no one is allowed to leave unless they can show they've tested negative for coven 19. many are unable to find work and have been relying on donation, but supplies as slowly dwindling as continued restrictions cause economic hardship for everyone else. the struggle for survival is also made was by a sense of frustration at what's happening back ho

it could happen in other limited areas around thailand and slowly thailand could start to rebuild the tourist industry. but i think a lot of people also still very concerned that a terrorist start to come back, they could bring new variance of covert with them. and for a country that had done very well in protecting itself, that's a real concern. meanwhile, bangladesh has gone into lockdown to try to stop the spread of curve at 19, driven by that tell for variance 1000 rushed to get her in the fall, restrictions came into effect. now, under these measures only emergency services and some export firms can actually continue to operate. the country reported a record number of cases on monday, more than 8300. that's more than double from a week earlier. well, let's be time to chandry. he joins us now from the capital darker time here i can see some of those close shops behind you that can you talk us through what those new restrictions look like? yeah, i mean, there's not much tropic, i mean, this is one of the busiest road. it's known as the airport road and the capital city. typical bus

it could happen in customer, it could happen in other limited areas around thailand and slowly thailand could start to rebuild the tourist industry. but i think a lot of people also still very concerned that is terrorist start to come back. they could bring new variance of cobra with them. and for a country that had done very well in protecting itself. that's a real concern. tony, i was looking at some of the numbers, so 50 percent of the population has had jobs. but as of the end of may only 1.6 percent of the population nationally was fully vaccinated. obviously in bangkok, your stand where you are standing things a very different to how long things actually going and the rest of the country when it comes to managing the pandemic and not well, frankly. and i think this is the problem. last year we saw thailand emerging is one of the success stories. transmissions were almost in single digits every day, and the deaths for the hold of 2020 were just 61. well, yesterday alone, 55 people died. that's a new record for time and we saw more than 5500 new transmissions. we've just seen the, t

thailand is battling its worst covid wave since the start of the pandemic. now, you can see here the numbers have been rising steadily for three months. more than 5500 new cases reported on thursday alone. but that's not stopping thailand from trying to revive the tourist industry that pumps billions of dollars into its economy in normal times. paula hancocks shows how they're doing it. >> reporter: a big gamble for thailand's biggest island phuket. the prime minister himself rolled out the red carpet for vaccinated tourists that lead straight to the picturesque sandy beaches without any coronavirus restrictions. a contravelst it's been, nearly0 tourists from the middle east and singapore arrived under an experiment called the phuket sand box. ready to hit the beach with sunscreen and covid anticipates. are you happy? >> very happy. >> reporter: there's a lot riding on their return and the island has been preparing. more than 80% of its population have been vaccinated with at least one dose. about 65% are fully vaccinated. >> i am quietly confident that the

and slowly thailand could start to rebuild the tourist industry. but i think a lot of people also still very concerned that is terrorist start to come back. they could bring new variance of cobra with them. and for a country that had done very well in protecting itself. that's a real concern. bangladesh, security forces are patrolling the streets of the country, looks down for one week to try to stop a search. in 19 cases, public transport is closed and the central services and some factories can continue to operate. the rise and infections is driven by the delta variant, which is highly transmissible. hospitals are struggling, particularly in areas along the border with india, where the variant was 1st effected from rural towns of infection rates of 70 percent. and additions record removing $14500.00 deaths so far can be chandry has more from the capital decor. records by vin, highly contagious delta a very and has prompted the government to call for a week shut down across the country. over the weekend. 10000, mostly migrant workers have left a c

last morehead, on this news hour, including legal documents in thailand, revealed doubt about trying to vaccine and its effectiveness against nicole, the 1900 varian. i'm charlie angela in, sorry, one of the u. k. largest feed producers is running into trouble with distribution, one of thousands of businesses affected by chronic shortage. a truck driver. and the olympics are just 2 weeks away, but not everyone in tokyo is excited about it. speech will have a details in the current of iris pandemic. now and russia has reported a single day record of $752.00 over 19 related deaths. and it recorded more than 25000 new infections down slightly on the previous day. the ages outbreak is being blamed on the delta vary and tell officials are speeding up the countries vaccination program. so far around 20 percent of the population has received at least one dose in australia, new south wales is reporting its biggest increase in cases. authorities are urging citizens in sydney to stay home after 15 new infections in the past state. the european union has re shifts, vaccine delivery, target of 7

step in so in the back was the 1st bank seemed to be released in thailand and was quickly distributed to frontline medical workers, most of whom have now had 2 doses. but as the new cove at delta very and spread some found, they weren't protected. here there were 5 medical staff infected with k with 19 and 2 were admitted to the i see you. others are concerned by a lack of information about sign fax results. although test group show the vaccine works, why the studies have been hard to find the problem about the transparency of the report when it is study in larger group of participants. it seemed like that that information is not getting out of their investigators. that could be a real problem to thailand. domestic production has stalled and delivers the more effective m r n. a vaccines wouldn't arrive till the autumn thailand had a real problem finding enough supply of vaccine to meet demand. the current rates, the whole country won't be fully vaccinated until the middle of next year. at a local temple. people have been queueing over night just to get a cobra test, increasingly diffi

restrictions in thailand, sound like these are the toughest. yeah. well then they're not as tough as they were last year and i think the government's very keen not to impose a complete lockdown. they've requested the people stay at home during the daytime. there is a curfew at night between 9 pm and 4 pm in the daytime. they've asked all businesses other than those that are essential. and by that they mean food supplies, medical supplies, things like that, that everybody start working from home. but they haven't made an enforced order as yet. and judging by the number of people who are out on the streets this morning, not sure that 2 people are taking that too seriously. people are also being told they can gather in groups no larger than 5, but then not being kept in doors. and i think the government is very aware of the increasing economic problems that the lockdown has brought and could yet bring. that said, they have a numbers that we haven't seen in thailand today. they were 8 and a half 1000. over the weekend, they were more than 9000 new

are these measures to contain the brake in thailand? so the, i think it was in back the king's birthday celebrations. absolutely . normally in thailand, on the king's birthday today celebrate his 69th birthday. we would expect to be festivities out. certainly in the royal plaza, outside the grand palace. those have all been cancelled. we saw yes they, there was some festive floral arrangements being put out. it's expected the king will in private go through certain routines as he does every year, like making merit, freeing fish into the river. things that are very customary, but it's also been a very big year for the king in the past 12 months. we've seen protests out on the street criticizing the king in a way that has very rarely happened here in thailand. people i think questioning both the government but also the monic his role and how cruise have been allowed to happen and how effectively being ruled by qu, government at the moment. that's broken, an awful lot of booze while those protests have died back. certainly in the last 6 mo

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thailand is an authoritarian state. and ethiopia is sort of authoritarian but has also been , recently transitioning to a more liberalized arena. they all represent different so aspects of these techniques. the interesting thing is, all three of them have interesting linkages to china, as well. and they presented really good opportunities to examine the china question, in addition to other issues. host: let's take the philippines. how is the philippines using, in your view, digital repression, and what are its ties to china? guest: broadly speaking, when it comes to the philippines, what is particularly interesting is that in the philippines, certain types of oppressive techniques, the types he would see in authoritarian states like mass surveillance, censorship, are not being used. it has a relatively open, freewheeling system. the key question for someone like president duterte, who really is taking the country in an authoritarian traction, is how best to accomplish his political agenda. and the solution for him is to

the delta variant of that come to thailand imposes new destructions. in the midst of sore in cases, the numbers of deaths is also going up and as be report one temple in a sub of bank or is struggling to keep up with the demand for commissions. it has also had to rethink the way it conducts its funeral services. curve 19 is changing everything, including death. these volunteers are doing their best to give this person a respectful send off. but the risks of handling the body in funeral services have to be quick. this is unusual in thailand where relatives traditionally spend days, think of byte their loved ones before they are created. the buddhist ceremony held by monks at this temple for the family of the deceased also has to be much shorter than usual. but official sir said they're facing an extraordinary situation. talking to me would be well in our areas. there are so many debts and we don't know if they'll be more arriving today. crematorium isn't working well, because it's overheated from the continued use. if we place the coffins inside, it wil

a small group of pretences tried to march to thailand's health ministry, but the police are determined not to let them through. their protesting both the scarcity of vaccination shot and the vaccines. the government is giving them. ha ha . i'm worried about the vaccine that the government has ordered for us with many people, including myself don't wants to novak vaccine, but the government keeps ordering more. reassuring was from a senior health official have little impact leaked memo, shows that the government is keen to defend signed a vax effectiveness. despite the doctor's concern with health officials unwilling to push other vaccines for fear of scenting public confidence. to illustrate their concerns, the protest is poor, paint on bound, muddle corpse, and attempt to cremate them. security guards quickly step in sign a vac was the 1st bank seemed to be released and thailand was quickly distributed to frontline medical workers, most of whom have now had 2 doses, but it's a new cobit delta variance spread. some found they weren't protected here. there were 5 medical staff infected

the heavy rain is back through vietnam and through thailand, but mathnasium into the easier part from a few daily showers where you're seeing a dry spell except in west pop your where it looks steady, wet, even silhouette bases varsity drop off from occasional daytime showers. the monsoon officially broken right through to west in pakistan now. so the rain can fall anyway. waste decided to not fall in pakistan is going to be india based and bangladesh base for the next couple of days with its western edge, of course, catching a man should have said he frequently for deli itself and such to $35.00 degrees is either going to be wet or sundry and wet for the next 3 days. this is what it should be like during the monsoon season. sponsor cut on airways. this mom trying the flag for her nation. we have been putting in playing crickets on what be country before you ring my dream, play in the woods while providing for family ways, cleaning games. as my precious game in the game, my son bob way on al jazeera. ah, ah ah, you're watching 0 recap of the top stories. emergency work is in western g

. >> reporter: a big gamble for thailand's biggest island, phuket. the prime minister himself rolled out the red carpet for vaccinated international tourists that leads straight to the picture referring sandy beaches, without any quarantine restrictions. in a surreal contrast to the year that's been and to the rest of thailand, that's mostly shut down due to rising cases and three days of record deaths, nearly 400 tourists from the middle east and singapore arrived under an experiment called the phuket sandbox. ready to hit the beach armed with sunscreen and covid antibodies. >> it's so nice. >> how do you feel now? >> very happy. >> reporter: there's a lot riding on their return and the island has been preparing. more than 80% of its population have been vaccinated, with at least one dose, about 65% fully vaccinated. >> i am quietly confident that the industry and the government has done all it can to make this sandbox scheme both safe and effective. >> reporter: an assurance echoed by thailand's tourism minister. >> translator: looking at the natio

the elaborate lamp post that could be shedding more light on corruption in thailand. ah, south africa, the former president, jacob zoom has ours left to turn himself in, or potentially face being arrested. summa has been addressing supporters who are backing is challenged to a court ruling that could send him to prison. many of camp outside his house for weeks, zoom was found guilty of contempt of court and faces 15 months in jail. but a judge is agreed to here is appeal next week. go live now for me, the miller, she joined us from candler. so for me that we understand jacob has been talking, he sounds defiant, right? how is the message of not surrendering being received by people? well those gathered outside his residence and in candler of great support for the former president. and there were chose, as he spoke, especially as it remained defiance explaining why in his eyes he was the victim of a political campaign. and many of the people here agree with it. they say that this is an attack on the former president because of what he's stood up for, and that he's being

nice inside of thailand, which leaves it fairly dry down through singapore. and it's amazing mostly sumatra the bottom of bornea eventually. and certainly john from bali is quite a concentration, quite an odd looks that this is the wet bit and that's really quite dry. but they have it, it, australia stormy will have been coming into the west coast through prison to his damaging. the one that came through on friday is a cold front, and this is a cold front. the loads driving it would eventually be across the bite. we got rate and then shower, head of its rad, laid for melbourne, and when she tasmania, sydney's. okay, now you know, 19 degrees in the wind off shore is a light ones. the swell is dying down in new zealand after a warning and actually falling heavy rain set in northland. you'll see. yes. it's going to be likely raining and given on tuesday by a sofa and you've had day ease of cold nights. but beautifully sunny days attempt is up the average and that continues, i think, nor father will join you by the end of wednesday. the new generation of young pe

one's misinformation is distorting the reality of what's really happening inside cuba and thailand. government is accused of trying to cover up the true scale of its corona virus crisis. cases that hit another record high. ah, now emergency workers in western germany and belgium is searching for hundreds of people believe to be missing off the devastating floods. more than a 150 people are confirmed to have died. but at figure is expected to rise. germany's chancellor anglo marco called the floods of catastrophe, pledging to support those have been effected, shall visit the region on sunday. in belgium, troops have been sent to 4 of the countries 10 provinces to help rescue in evacuation efforts. the netherlands is also on iowa. now with towns and villages on the threat from rising water levels, while authority is a warning of possible land slides in switzerland. in a moment, we're here from natasha butler. she's in belgium for his 1st alger. there is stat voss and has more from the german town of arshad, where people are desperate to return to their homes, to assess the damage. what we're see

., , thailand get those cases under control? , ., , control? so, people are using these so-called, _ control? so, people are using these so-called, what - control? so, people are using these so-called, what they i control? so, people are using. these so-called, what they call these so—called, what they call it heterologous, schedules of vaccines where you prime with one and boost with the second. the second dose with another to the first. for several reasons. one is supply, if one has troubles with supply of individual vaccines, you can mix and match, the other is efficacy and as we have seen with thailand. the other is side effect, where people are concerned about very rare side effect from the vaccines. the last one is shortening the interval between doses, so, the trials that have been run recently, which have not been looking at efficacy, simply immune responses, have tried to shorten the interval between vaccine doses by using, say, a single dose of astrazeneca and then one with pfizer. we have a long way to go, though. these two trials

and thailand was quickly distributed to frontline medical workers, most of whom have now had 2 doses. but it's a new cobit delta varian spread. some found they weren't protected. here, there were 5 medical staff infected with k with 19 and 2 were admitted. i see you. well, there's a concern by a lack of information about side effects results. although test groups show the vaccine works, why the studies have been hard to find the problem about the transparency of the report when it is study in larger group of participants. it seemed like that that information is not getting out of the investigators. that could be a real problem to thailand. domestic production has stalled and delivers the more effective m r n. a vaccines wouldn't arrive till the autumn thailand had a real problem finding enough supply of vaccine to meet demand. the current rates, the whole country wouldn't be fully vaccinated until the middle of next year. at a local temple. people have been queueing over night just to get a cobra test, increasingly difficult in china and which now has reco daily infection rates. despi