this week i'm exploring songkhla in the south of thailand. it's nicknamed the city on two seas because it sits on both the gulf of thailand and an enormous lake. although close to the malaysian border, songkhla has been largely unaffected by the unrest that has been seen in some of the areas in thailand's deep south, and its location means its cuisine and architecture are a blend of thai, chinese and islamic influences. a lot of tourists come here. ah runs an art gallery in the city and has agreed to give me a tour. i will show you the most unique ice cream shop of songkhla. 0k! mrs yu's father came here from china 85 years ago. 0n the way, he stopped in singapore and learnt the art of making ice cream. this is the vanilla ice cream? vanilla ice cream. some here say this was thailand's first ice cream shop. why egg yolk? because egg yolk is creamy. and a sprinkle of chocolate. tastes much better with it. it looks good. here goes. it's really creamy, almost like a coconut flavour. who would have thought it was so good? now, if you're a fan of

has been identification has been denied from burma as authorities immigration in thailand so they tie authorities. are offering. and are committed by going to work out in thailand to get to their country of origin to government issues a vote of past two to despicable and the immigration department from burma they are the one who discriminating the people based on their religion and ethnicity and one of the syria targeted is the muslim community from burma and that includes including the rohingya people and also common ethnicities there are different different ethnicities among the muslims are now being vulnerable in thailand now because we acknowledge that the tired already is is there trying to help these undocumented people but the problem of burmese discriminate of citizenship law is not creating stateless people it within thailand june thirtieth is the deadline set by the time for a ceasefire migrant myanmar workers to have a difficult of of identity or to be deported four days from now what can be done in such a short space of time. i think this issue has been a long time we have

it was in thailand. it was a personal project to bea thailand. it was a personal project to be a creation for a friend of mine that started a film festival in thailand. as we were watching the movies, the ocean was slowly moving the audience. his work is not without controversy. after unveiling the cctv towers, the chinese president, xijinping, the cctv towers, the chinese president, xi jinping, famously called for an end to weed architecture. —— weird. called for an end to weed architecture. -- weird. it should not be short—lived and it should not be fashionable in that sense. but it should be born out of a question of what to buildings to? not only have a function, what they do for people and how they engage life and orchestrate life in positive ways. his next stop is not far away. it is sure to get attention. it is cold empire city indian arm, it resembles rice terraces in the sky. a quick look at the markets. flat markets. the nikkei injapan falling because of trade tensions. hong kong is shut today. that is it for the programme. bear t

sunday's votes will have more from ancora also coming up a race against the clock rescue workers in thailand search for twelve tourists and their soccer coach gone missing in a flooded cave complex officials say after forty eight hours you could still be alive. on little rock thanks very much for your company everyone we begin in turkey where european election monitors have set excessive media coverage and emergency measures in place gave president rich of tayyip erdogan a quote undue advantage in national polls or one was reelected with more than fifty percent of the vote let's take a look now at the final results turkey's the state's a news agency have put sarah to want to just under fifty three percent his main challenger maher i mean she of the secular seat h.p. the republican people's party received about thirty one percent of the vote while so a lot. you know there were a touch of the h d p has pulled in just over eight percent well up parliamentary elections were also held on sunday are the ones islamic conservative take a party in an alliance has also secured a majority in the parlia

that will flow through economies like thailand. the question is, will the pressure at some point reach a point where thailand has to respond. they currently have a strong position. the commonality in all of these countries is the deficit -- account surplus. for the moment, they seem to be in good order in the volatility. ramy: a good cushion for thailand. enda, thank you so much. up next, i had of opec's meeting scottnna, j.p. morgan's darling gives us his price forecast. this is bloomberg ♪ ramy: a quick check of oil futures ahead of opec's meeting in vienna. brent crude is rising more than 1%. weird seen pessimism in the nykets and divergence with crude rising and brent crude falling in the session a positivity with sentiments from hours until we get to the opec meeting. the ministers overseeing the agreement have backed raising oil productions despite objections from one lead country, iran. it's recommended that 6000 barrels a day, to prevent a market from becoming unbalanced. is an consensus overwhelming majority to easing fo

jonathan head, bbc news, mae sai, northern thailand. also this hour — four elderly siblings have been shot by their niece in an attack in a hong kong park, which left one victim dead and three wounded. the family met to settle a dispute over an inheritance, when the suspect pulled out a handgun. ada tsim sum—kit is now in police custody. for the first time in 20 years, a high—level eritrean delegation has officially entered ethiopia. the diplomats arrived in addis ababa for a visit that could mark the end of a tense relationship between the neighbouring states. earlier this month the ethiopian prime minister announced that he would withdraw ethiopia from contested territory between the two countries. russian police have been searching following a series of bomb threats. they are treating the incident as a hoax. early reports said 16 venues, including hotels and restaurants, had been evacuated. now take a look at this cctv footage that captured the moment a van was driven into the front of the offices of the dutch newspaper de tele

the plight ever hands of muslims living in thailand has been highlighted in a new report by the burma human rights network the report titled existence denied details efforts by me and more as a government to make life difficult for a hedge outside its borders large numbers of her hand to have fled violence and poverty and me and mark to live and work in thailand now the thai government has introduced in iraq history system meaning where henschel must be verified to stay in the country because myanmar doesn't recognize them as citizens many now face deportation from thailand and most are too scared to return to their country of birth affectively rendering then stateless can win as executive director of the burma human rights network the group that published that report he says the policy is likely to leave many of the henges families separated i think tires all of these is aware of the situation and the we believe that they are trying to find some solution but i think this is the root cause is not thailand to lose dude go is the burma burma is gone who has a policy of discrimination on

you can invest in the thailand market freely. we would like to look at how we listet our companies to more quickly using less time and touch on liquidation, regarding flows in thailand and across the country. that was the stock exchange of thailand president speaking earlier. thailand has become an oasis of policy stability. the wave has swept across other emerging markets. interest rates are staying on hold for the rest of this year. different?land how has it been able to weather the storm that has been lashing from e.m., some of its neighbors? advantages to other countries, over $200 billion of foreign reserves, and a surplus. inflation has been below target in thailand for a long time and only recently got back in isget, into even now it below the midpoint of what the central bank is aiming to achieve. policy is very steady. the ministry does not expect that to change this year. we don't expect increases until next year. tightening ifdest anything changed. the outlook from that perspective is stability. the central bank has sa

the headlines: the search is set to resume in thailand for 12 teenage footballers and their coach, who've been trapped in a flooded cave since saturday. and fake news takes its toll in india, with false rumours behind a series of brutal murders. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: prince william arrives in israel, becoming the first british royal to make an official visit to the country. and drama and delight in the world cup, as portugal and spain make the knockout stages. we'll have the latest from moscow. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am here in singapore, 1am in london and 7am in northern thailand, where rescue divers will restart searching a flooded cave to try to find 12 young football players and their coach. the group of children, who are aged between 11 and 16, became trapped inside the cave‘s narrow tunnels when a section near the main entrance was flooded. jonathan head reports. thai navy divers are battling strong currents, deep water and mud—blocked passages in the cave complex, as

in thailand a rescue crews are pressing on with their search for twelve boys and their football coach who have been missing for nearly forty eight hours in a flooded cave complex officials have said that they've found evidence that's leading them to believe that the group is still alive but high water levels are complicating search efforts for the pristine caves of northern thailand drawn visitors from across the world but during the rainy season sightseers risk getting trapped by flash floods this is what authorities believe happened to the youth soccer team who entered the cave on saturday it's hope the boys and their coach are still alive in a large chamber one official says they found hand and foot prints but on monday divers failed to find them the four kilometer passage blocked by rising waters dark conditions and low oxygen levels are also delaying the rescue teams progress. outside relatives of the missing pray and wait anxiously. on. the belief that they stood a life because that coach is a strong and healthy person i love my feet and legs he can get them through this. i beli

let's get more now on the rescue that's underway in thailand. it's now four days since 12 teenage boys and their football coach disappeared in a cave network in northern thailand. rescue crews have resumed their efforts to find the group after rising waters halted the search. 0ur correspondentjonathon head is with the rescue teams. wearying and wet, rescuers charged in an hourthe wearying and wet, rescuers charged in an hour the cave for a third day without anything to show for it. they have got hundreds of people here now. the army is sending in squads to tramp through the rainsoaked hills, in search of other ways into the cave complex. there are volunteers with cave diving experience who have come to help, some from neighbouring countries. but the conditions underground are rough. the distance is about three to four kilometres from the entrance. it is very hard and difficult all the divers because they are not able to see anything, they are not able to see anything, the water is very murky so they are not able to find the other side of that at

it's been persistent and it's monsoonal season in thailand. and sadly, there was a warning sign out the front of that cave telling tourists, people not to go in because of potential flash flooding. do we get a sense hough long they will continue searching, considering these caves stretch for some ten kilometers? >> for now, anna, they are fully devoted to the search to locating where these boys and the coach are. and then to try and rescue them. in fact, some drills were conducted earlier today to practice if they were to encounter them in that event how they would evacuate them. so everyone is fully focused on trying to get them -- trying to find them, locate them and bring them out. and the whole country is transfixed on this case. the case has been on the front pages of newspapers. it's been all over the television. so much so, anna, that thailand's public health department has issued an advisory telling people to moderate how much of the coverage they watch. they are worried that people will become, quote, overly obsessed. so that just giv

and still searching the underground caves rescuers in thailand trying to make contact with a boy's football team that's been missing for a week. welcome to the program more than one hundred refugees and migrants are missing a fair drowned after their. boat capsized off libya's west coast now the bodies of three young children have been recovered at least sixteen people survived a spanish rescue ship says it was told by a tally of officials to let the libyan coast guard respond to a distress call from the boat witnesses described the vessel as old and overloaded . with any sort of there were one hundred twenty people on board on their way the front part broke a wooden piece pierced it and then the boat started sinking and the water started to rise everyone died women children elderly people mean all of them died and i don't know whether we read it at first i was surprised with this boat because i was told it was eight meters and could hold twenty people when i tried to leave they beat me. i was forced to get on board families with children were miserable conditions it was full of about one h

and in thailand rain continues to hamper the search for a group of teenagers stuck in a flooded cave. the german chancellor has warned the european union's approach to refugees has the potential to split the u. she's been addressing the german parliament before leaving for a key summit in brussels at home the issue has threatened to break up her governing coalition. all but he'll hold all europe cases many challenges migration could become the make or break one for the e.u. either we manage it so others in africa believe that we are guided by values and believe in multilateralism not unilateral ism or nobody will believe any longer in the system of values that has made us strong that's why it's so important a new group of right wing governments has emerged demanding tighter border controls and new policies to cut the number of refugees coming in made up of leaders from austria hungary italy slovakia the czech republic and poland it wants other countries to agree to a stricter approach to refugees while other member states mostly from north western europe will hope to avoid the union s

also on the programme: why thailand's authorities are closing a hollywood paradise in order to save it from tourists. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali who has died at the age of 7a. outspoken but rarely outfought he transcended the sport of boxing of which he was three times world champion. he was a good fighter and he fought all the way to the end. yes he did. you waive an indefinite ban on english clu bs waive an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. todayis today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles lp sergeant pepper '5 lonely hearts club band, a re cord pepper '5 lonely hearts club band, a record described as the album of the century. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories. on friday a letter from north korea's leader will be hand delivered to president donald trump at the white house — it'll be another step facilitating a summit in singapore. the european union, canada and mexico say they will retaliate against the united states for pressing ahead with tariffs

still ahead on al-jazeera in thailand the setback in the race to rescue a group of teenagers stranded in the cave was. protesters demand action now policeman is charged with murder for shooting an unarmed black teenager. i. mean the weather sponsored by cattle. hello again we'll start this time by a look at the event and western parts of asia still want to see showers across stan but otherwise don't we find conditions on marty coming a twenty nine it's pretty hot there in tashkent and his back is down mid thirty's mid thirty's also for tehran baghdad forty four degrees pretty hot weather there and down into kuwait temperatures when excess of forty but generally for a change is looking fine across much of turkey we seem to have lost the most of the shower activity and that fine weather largely continues to head on through into friday further south it should be a fine day in beirut with highs of twenty seven degrees into the arabian peninsula and weather conditions here looking fairly quiet temperatures mid forty's much as you expect at this time of the year here in doha the winds easin

jonathan head, bbc news, northern thailand. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: prince william continues his tour of the middle east. this time, he's in the occupied west bank. we'll have more on the very first official british royal trip to the area. also on the programme: the elections that are dividing the country. we have the latest as pakistan prepares to go to the polls. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade center, armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim on certain parts of this country as ourland. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner". chapman, prison—pale and slightly chubby, said not a single word in open court. it was left to his lawyer to explain his decision to plead guilty to murdering john lennon. he believes that onjune 8, god told him to plead guilty, and that was the end of it. the medical research council have now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smokin

it has been all over the media in thailand, so much so that thailand's mental health department has in fact issued an advisory telling people not to spend too long watching coverage of this so that they obsessed. so there is a lot of concern across the country and a lot of effort which if anything, they have been ramped up and now we have more than 1,000 rescue personnel in the area. most of them are thai, but we also have u.s. military teams, we have british cave experts, all of whom are trying to work out where exactly these 12 boys and their coach are and how to get to them . >> and we know there has been a break in the weather and helicopters have gone up, drones have gone out. so this is just a massive, massive operation. >> it is a massive situation absolutely. as understand, helicopters, drones. they are throwing all the resources that they can muster to try to find these boys. there is a lot of interest and as a result a lot of attention on finding them, on locating them. right now because of the flooding, they don't even know where they are in that complex. food packets have b

relatives wait for a fifth day outside a cave in thailand where twelve school boys and their coach remain trapped. a parliamentary report in the u.k. reveals expired agencies tolerated the inexcusable mistreatment of us held prisoners. in the massive campaign against north korea in the philippines thousands have been jailed for it including children as young as five. and zero e.u. leaders are meeting in brussels for a summit dominated by discussions on how to deal with illegal migration the problem is turned out to be so divisive it's even overshadowing brix it and the german chancellor angela merkel has gone as far as saying that it could split the union apart the number of undocumented migrants reaching european shores has actually dropped since its peak in twenty fifteen and the issue is no longer viewed as a crisis the e.u. says it stemmed the flow of migrants by ninety six percent but bitter rattles or broken out of the last few months because some member states are simply refusing to let in rescue boats new right wing governments are demanding tighter border controls austria-hungary

that thailand currency has also been weakening a bit. both central banks will use opportunity to tell markets will that they should help should the need arise. yvonne: mark, thank you very much. you can follow more on this story and all of the day's trading on oil markets live blog .omberg at mliv there is commentary and analysis from mark cranfield as well. we get caughte, up with a first word news was jessica summers joining us from new york. >> thanks, yvonne. the philippine central bank governor laid out the case for a second straight rate increase citing a broadening price pressures and a currency slump. the philippines peso plunged to a 12 year low this week and bond yields are at a seven-year high. he told bloomberg that wednesday's policy meeting will assess ratings and inflation which is at 4.6% in may. >> we are seeing a deceleration in may, so from that rising afterit is our original anticipation. but there will be an increase in this case. we expected to go down back to target range men next year. >> chinese state televis

thailand's prime minister has visited the flooded cave complex where tall young footballers and their coach is said to be missing for a youth channel told the boys families to keep faith as the search effort and to a six day rescue mission now involves over a thousand people including british and american teams scott haile reports from chiang rai. prime minister of china which i was on a trip to europe when the twelve boys and their football coach went missing but on friday he was back in thailand at the cave meeting with the search teams there's now a crowded mini village of rescue organizations and command centers only to have the right i think we will succeed we will succeed because we have faith in the way everyone should keep their heads cool and advising one another how big one another and talking to one another about things that are headed to the wall with more personnel and equipment arriving every day there's growing concerns there are too many people involved reducing the efficiency of the rescue efforts. the prime minister also met the families of some of those missing many

jonathon head, bbc news, northern thailand. donald trump has been visiting wisconsin, the home of harley davidson motorbikes, the state's most iconic business. this week the manufacturer announced it's moving jobs out of america, because of tariffs slapped on by the eu in retaliation for mr trump's duties. the president was visiting the site of a brand new factory — being built by the multinational foxconn. he called on harley davidson to carry on building their motocycles here in the us. from wisconsin, here's chris buckler. harley—davidson has spent decades building an all—american image that's sold all over the world. but selling the distinctive roar of these engines has become an expensive, rather than an easy ride. the company already has assembly plants in other countries. but wisconsin is seen as the heart of harley. and at this, its sprawling site in the state it calls home, workers are talking about president trump's public fight with the firm, the eu's tariffs and the potential of theirjobs heading overseas. i l

navy divers have reentered a flooded cave in northern thailand to search for twelve boys and their football coach they were trapped after a heavy rain storm blocked their only way out of the cave on saturday afternoon officials say they're confident the bodies are still alive as the cave extends several kilometers. one of the world's largest rain forests in the democratic republic of congo is under threats to to rampant illegal logging but this report published by the ngo global witness condemns countries that import in the gally harvested tender the group calls on france to cancel a multi-billion dollar project that supports companies involved in the trade those are the headlines the news continues here on the real world you buy from. when the news is restricted and send said the press is not free it is external interference and influence and the moon is used to exploit not explained. when journalists access to information she hinted he said at the time but i want us the press is not free. and just has never sees the light of day no i knew that anybody in. the team of course you doubt it w

rescue crews in thailand are still trying to find members of a teenage football team and their coach who have been missing in a cave network since the weekend. the last 16 is taking shape in the world cup tournament. argentina have just made it into the next round of the russia world cup with a tense win over nigeria. croatia took a 2—1 victory over iceland to qualify at the top of group d. they will go on to play france, who came top of group c. and the top story here in the uk: a british plumber has been found guilty of planning a terror attack in westminster, and making bombs for the taliban. prosecutors said khalid ali, who was arrested last year, had planned a murderous attack on politicians and police. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. oil prices continue to rise in asia after the us pushes allies to limit imports of iranian crewed by november. and move over pizza and chips. in china, this lack of choice during world cup viewing is anything but foul. —— the snack of choice. good morning, asia, hello, world. glad you could join us for anoth

but just friday sas data like another very well one more weather to coming across the good parts of thailand over the next couple of days and joins up with the heavy rains that are continuing across much of south asia with more beat downpours for southern india. the weather sponsored by qatar. the world's pollinators are in decline. in this episode of trying we meet an entomologist on opposite sides of the planet protecting insects of all sizes crucial to preserving food chains. i've come to the u.k. to see how all the industrial sites are being turned into bank reserves in an attempt to reverse this worrying trend. fighting insect to get on on al-jazeera. possibilities. released journalists and medical facilities in gaza either way he declared a state of emergency several. gripping documentary. to discover a wealth of award winning programming from around the globe. did great discussion on one side of the split screen dignitaries mingling on the other can see the world from a different perspective only on al-jazeera. welcome back to the al-jazeera news our arms the whole robin a reminder of

and a desperate rescue effort is diverse search a flooded cave in thailand for a trapped team football team of boys. the world's chemical weapons watchdog has opened a special conference at the hague meeting was requested by the u.k. out for a nerve agent attack against a former russian spy and his daughter major western powers want to give the organization greater power russia and iran are expected to oppose that change go reports. young children being treated often the parents nerve agent attack in syria the devastating effects all too obvious as the deadly compound was reportedly dropped over the city of duma and april just one of a number of times that poisonous gases were used in syria as bashar al assad's forces sought to take control of rebel held areas. nearly a year and a half ago there was this attack in kuala lumpur international airport the half brother of north korean leader kim jong un targeted in full view of an unsuspecting public by v.x. nerve agent he later died in hospital over in the u.k. another targeted attack a full russian military officer and a double agent sai

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divers have managed to go several kilometers into a flooded cave in thailand looking for twelve young footballers and their coach will be missing for a week a new opening to the underground complex was discovered on friday offering hope the boys may still be found alive scott hi there we put some chiang rai relatives remain positive despite so many questions and few answers. a week after the boys and their coach passed through this entrance into the tom long cave a line of ambulances and hundreds of workers carry out a drill for their rescue. non-home is the mother of one of those boys she tells us thirteen year old among loved all sports but football was his favorite mother and son are very close uncharacteristically he did not ask for permission to go to the cave. he's a good boy he liked to play football since he was small i always support him i never thought and if the light these would happen because when ever he would leave pull he always act. for the first few days after monk on went missing his mother just cried at one point she was so distraught and exhausted she fainted she'

thailand's prime minister has told family members of a missing football team to keep faith has attempts to find and rescue the young players enter a six day. visited the site of the flooded cave where the twelve boys and their coach disappeared last saturday the rescue mission now involves more than a thousand people including british and american teams scott tyler reports from chiang rai. prime minister was on a trip to europe when the twelve boys and their football coach went missing but on friday he was back in thailand at the cave meeting when the search teams there's now a crowded mini village of rescue organizations and command centers on the ground i think we will succeed we will succeed because we have to face the way everyone should keep their heads cool and advising one another how being one another and talking to one another i want things that are helpful to the long haul with more personnel and equipment arriving every day there's growing concerns there are too many people involved reducing the efficiency of the rescue efforts. the prime minister also met the families of som

well it's the life of a chunk of the north of thailand i was a serious way to hey is. what's the latest one of the authorities saying. well adrian we just had a couple of media conferences updates given by an engineering team and also the military both of which are heavily involved in this search and rescue operation in the overriding theme from those updates is that it continues to be very slow going but they are hoping that the speed of this operation may be able to pick up where the permitting perhaps within the next few minutes what we're hearing from the navy teams that are very much leading this with their dive teams going further and further into that cave system is that the water level inside there just continues to rise they have been pumping it out but as fast as being doing that another downpour will come through this area and more water pour into that cave network system so in response to that they brought in heavier equipment small pumps larger pumps twenty two in total now they will begin operating within the next few minutes they're telling us and once t

seven days and still no sign of the missing teenage footballers trapped in a flooded cave in thailand a truce comes into effect in southern sudan in another attempt to end the five year old civil war plus. i'm andrew thomas name a little about australia's ace coast explaining how roads are transforming the way lifesavers are wish doing people at sea. now russian jets are being blamed for violating a temporary ceasefire in syria's daraa province that's left more people dead the truce came into effect friday midnight local time the syrian government led offensive has killed around one hundred civilians and displaced an estimated one hundred sixty thousand rebels and now in talks with russian officials about brokering a peace deal with bashar al assad's government meanwhile fears grow over humanitarian catastrophe on the borders of israel and jordan both countries are refusing to open their borders as displaced people continue to amass danis on the syrian side of the border with jordan. now. we're here at the border crossing that many syrian refugees have used in the past to cross from s

navy divers have reentered a flooded cave in northern thailand to search for twelve boys and their football coach they were trapped after a heavy rain storm walked the only way out of the cave on saturday at fishel say they are confident the boys are still alive because that cave extends several kilometers locals have performed rituals to pray for their safe return scott heiler has more from the cave entrance in shanghai. a third day of searching for these twelve boys and their football coach in the cave network behind me now goes sixty eight kilometers into this hillside that's just along the border between thailand and me and mar now divers have been in the water in this cave because it's been flooded it's the rainy season right now i'm standing a couple inches of mud and that's making things very difficult for the rescue operations in that we know that the divers have been able to go into the cave network about a kilometer they're setting up a base there they strong in an electric cable so they can have power to stage there and go further in there been indications that the boys in the co

chief of the national police here in thailand is already up there orchestrating that part of the search and rescue operation what they're looking to do drilling equipment they want to try to get down to the bottom of that that tunnel that chimney to see if it reaches into the cave complex if it does. supplies and then hopefully climbers so that's the two focuses today again still no definitive proof definitive evidence any clues to where these boys in the coach might be but at least on these two fronts because the weather is holding out that they're able to push forward while still ahead here on al-jazeera trying to find comfort away from home to get many who fled to a south korean island plus. i'm sorry thomas nam a little australians and east coast all the explaining how we run a crime holding the white lifesavers rescuing people at sea. i have to phone. me. sponsored by cattle. however more hot sunshine across the middle east no surprises we've got a few showers just. like menaced on his back a stop at essentially is clear blue skies or very hot sunshine coming through thirty seven c

we just lived in t.chef andy ricker is joining me now from thailand. andy, it's sad to have these circumstances for us to speak. i'm sorry for the loss of your friend. what did you mean in that tweet saying it was your world. we just lived in it. >> well, anthony bourdain was somebody who came from the world that i came from, the kitchen of the '70s and '80s, and he kind of broke out of that. he wrote this iconic book that shed a loyalty on what happened in the kitchen and he went from there and created this career for himself where he basically had this world that he lived in, okay. he shared it with us, and as outside observers and some of us who were lucky enough to be inside that whole process, it really was a whole world that you could watch from your tv set. >> no doubt about it. you, i know, contacted bourdain to ask for some help on a book you were writing. you mentioned what you thought about his book and now that kind of helped launch his career, so naturally you would reach out to somebody like that, but he had another idea, right? >> yeah.

test for a new pair of glasses has become that much easier for refugees in the mountains of northern thailand they have a tough time getting basic necessities after escaping across a border from me a mom but foreign doctors from global vision twenty twenty have an affordable solution mellen reports. the woman knows all about the needs of her community she's both doctor and refugee in the camp and is getting a new pair of glasses but says basic i care is not easy to come by. i'm an eye doctor but we don't have any equipment to treat patients in the refugee camp people come to me with eye problems so i do basic checks but we need more. these doctors from an american not for profit organization are providing inexpensive i wear to refugees and villages in remote areas of thailand they have a new tool to work with federal out anyone to conduct i check ups and provide three d. printed glasses in just twenty minutes. where the first team on the ground outside of a university setting or an army setting that is actually using this system so it's earch early in its infancy but there are tremendous trem

hampered rescue efforts for twelve young footballers and their coach who are missing in a northern thailand cave system divers were unable to progress further into the cave after water rose as much as fifteen centimeters an hour early on wednesday officials though do remain optimistic the group is alive after noting other tourists have previously been rescued when the waters did recede scott either with this from shanghai hundreds of metres of large hoses were fed into the town long cave early wednesday tools for an uphill battle to reduce the water level inside rescuers hope to make up lost ground from heavy overnight range that continued when the sun rose rescuers say they need more power and equipment in the cave system to pump the water out that also raises the danger of electrocution for the divers working around the clock. also to lower the water level a huge pumps have been emptying a nearby reservoir connected to the cave system saying it could not have that but we will continue to do this operation until we find the boys and get them out safely more vigils have been held and prayer

navy divers have reentered a flooded cave in northern thailand to search for twelve boys and their football coach they were trapped after a heavy rainstorm blocked the only way out of the cave on saturday afternoon officials say they're confident the boys are still alive as the cave extends several kilometers in the could have sought refuge in one of the chambers locals who performed a ritual to pray for their safe return scott tyler is joining us now live from chiang rai this is as i understand it scott the third day of searching how the search is actually being carried out. rubble right now the searches are ongoing we know that the navy seals on monday evening had to call off their search because of heavy rain there's been heavy rain that's been going on since the boys and the coach went missing last night monday evening the rain was very heavy so the search was called off it was then started tuesday morning pm with those divers and then we are hearing now you can see behind me that leads that trail behind me leads down to the mouth of this cave that six to eight kilometers deep now if it

inflation is not in the case of thailand. even at this point in time, as we speak, headline cps driven by energy, it remains for me in the lower half of the bank of thailand's inflation rates. there are not of demand points. we think that the ot policy will will hold -- bot policy be on hold. we expect them next year when it becomes more evident. yvonne: morgan stanley asean korea. don't forget our interactive function, gtv . you can catch up on interviews and have bloomberg function access that we talk about. this is for bloomberg subscribers only at bloomberg oh. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: a quick check of the business flash headlines. they have bought the remainder of arizona mining at a 53% premium. the australian miner already holds the 17% stake or the cash offer is worth one .3 billion u.s. dollars with a total equity value of $1.6 billion. ramy: australians energy ministers said they will step in if they do not lower charges for consumers after a fall in wholesale prices. josh will wait for a report from the w

thousands of me and more refugees who fled across the border to thailand are battling bad eyesight and with no international aid doctors have difficulty treating patients but at the refugee camp a new affordable solutions been found some reports. bangalore nope no knows all about the needs of her community she's both doctor and refugee in the camp and is getting a new pair of glasses but says basic i kid is not easy to come by blossom a look i'm an eye doctor but we don't have any equipment to treat patients in the refugee camp people come to me with eye problems so i do basic checks but we need more these doctors from america not for profit organization are providing inexpensive i wear to refugees and villages in remote areas of thailand they have a new tool to work with that allows anyone to conduct i check ups and provide three d. printed glasses in just twenty minutes. we're the first team on the ground outside of a university setting or an army setting that is actually using this system so it's earch early in its infancy but there are tremendous tremendous potential that we see fo

seven days and still no sign of the missing teenage footballers traps in a flooded cave in thailand. a truce comes into effect in south sudan in another attempt to end the five year old civil war plus. we look at who's taking care of the children whose uganda shuts down hundreds of orphanages. sporadic fighting has milder temporary cease fire in the syrian government's campaign to retake rebel controlled areas of daraa the ceasefire came into effect at midnight on friday local time as fears grow over humanitarian catastrophe on the borders of israel and jordan rebels now say they're in negotiations with the russian officers to reach a peace deal with the syrian government the u.n. says the russian backed offensive has displaced one hundred sixty thousand people in southern syria over the last five days almost one hundred civilians have reportedly been killed and both israel and jordan are refusing to open their borders displaced people continue to amass omaha ne is on the syrian side of the border with jordan. more here at the border crossing that many syrian refugees have used in th

eye test for a new pair of glasses has just become easier for refugees in the mountains of northern thailand they have a tough time getting basic necessities after escaping from the border across the border from man but foreign doctors from the global vision twenty twenty organization have an affordable solution reports. all about the needs of her community she's both doctor and refugee camp and is getting a new pair of glasses but says basic i kid is not easy to come by. i'm an eye doctor but we don't have any equipment to treat patients in the refugee camp people come to me with eye problems so i do basic checks but we need more. these doctors from an american not for profit organization are providing inexpensive i wear to refugees and villages in remote areas of thailand they have a new tool to work with federal laos anyone to conduct i check ups and provide three d. printed glasses in just twenty minutes and. we are the first team on the ground outside of a university setting or an army setting that is actually using this system so it's earch early in its infancy but there are tremendous

more overnight rain has raised the water levels inside the cave complex in northern thailand where a football team remains missing the twelve boys and their coach have not been seen since saturday leaving many families anxious and desperate scored high level poles from chiang rai. yelling into the hills for their missing boys forefathers in the jungle above cave pleading for their son to come home but the only reply they got was the worrying of a black hawk helicopter after a night of heavy rain the skies cleared in the afternoon allowing helicopters to resume searching from the air frustrated with the lack of information and progress after five days the fathers went out on their own checking in with the searchers and looking for answers. i want to ask the governor how my boys and all the other kids where are they do they have food and water that's all i want to know the only thing i can do is just wait and wait with. a group of rescue volunteers from bangkok where you see high tech laser scanner in an attempt to locate the boys we plan to lower down a recently located chimney that t

thailand's prime minister has visited the size of a flooded cave complex where a young football team went missing last saturday. told family members to keep faith as the international search and rescue mission entered its sixth day there's been some progress in efforts to drain water from the cave where the twelve boys and their coach went missing scott hylas more from china right. finally some progress on friday morning the generators are going and the pumps are going that's the first time we've seen that in the morning in a couple of days now as you walk up this road this is the mouth of the cave just off camera here that's where a lot of water had gathered over the last couple of days they're draining that out now it's the first time we've seen it when you walk up this road you can see that there's a stream a very muddy water on the right hand side so at least some progress on that front other fronts they're working up to the search and rescue operation there surveying the area again that they've been doing this several days running the weather's a little bit better today they're

and in thailand rain continues to hamper the search for a group of teenagers stuck in a flooded cave. leaders will meet in a few hours to try to resolve divisions over the block's policy on refugees which has threatened to split the union in recent days european commission president donald tusk has traveled to austria and hungry two nations lobbying for stricter controls to try to pave the way for compromise of the divide has been triggered by the emergence of new right wing governments they want tighter border controls within the union and new policies to cut the number of refugees coming in aside from austria and hungry italy poland the czech republic and slovakia are also demanding changes on the other side of the table many presidents and prime ministers from northwest europe. headed by germany's angela merkel and france's a man your mark on they want the current system to be largely man tamed with rescue boats full of refugees trying to cross the mediterranean every single day finding a resolution is becoming more urgent by the minute and germany's chancellor is addressing m.p.'s

thailand's prime minister has visited the site of a flooded cave complex where a young football team went missing last saturday perth told family members to keep faith as the international search and rescue mission entered its sixth day there's been some progress in efforts to drain water from the cave where the twelve boys and the coach went missing the group disappeared after they decided to explore the cave despite warnings of potential flooding bodies international airport is closed and hundreds of flights cancelled after a volcano erupted on the indonesian island ash and smoke shot more than two kilometers into the air from mt a gang at least four hundred fifty flights were canceled affecting around seventy five thousand people. strange governors won a major trade dispute it's plain packaging laws for tobacco products the world trade organization has ruled the law has helped improve public health the rules require cigarette manufacturers to remove all ogres and branding from their products if he or his economy grew at a faster rate than any other african country in the past ten

at the stilson thirty heavy rain in the middle of thailand but for the south things are quiet and dire but this want top cloud here beyond sumatran down to west in general that has been quite active really surprisingly so in the same potential as exists as too soon or as a back to west palm tree that is quite a gap the centerpiece looked fairly dry and most of tile on me and i do have to in the last twenty four hours when that rain is still threatening and they caved on big shasta a possible finals of singapore possibly kuala lumpur and again western side of java not lines to exist through so in a way the other a few showers coming back into the philippines south of all this and into the middle of winter the regular fronts assad to march across the bite so you've got cloud invading adelaide on the satellite picture which means that the daylight hours will see the rain just coming through for the sas fourteen degrees no sun to see only twelve in melbourne the skies clouding up here as well sixteen in sydney that's in the sunshine to us was it feels rather better about the same in perth