it's a phone, it's not a lifestyle. >> the streets of bangkok have been teeming with protestors. the media are a big part of the story. the demonstrators are demanding the removal of of the sister of a one time cable t.v. magnate who was prime minister until he was deposed in a coupe in 2006. he used his media holdings to beam message to say thailand and call people on to the streets. this time it has been spearheaded by the pdrc. they say he is pulling the strings from dubai. pdrc protestors aren't just going off the his government, they have been demanding t.v. stations broadcast their political statements in their in tighter. thailand is not the only country that has a fractionalized media space. the movement is called another twist in the thai political story. our starting point is bangkok. >> the news divide in tie you land lies between what is reported on the countries six analog t.v. chan else, five owned by the government or the military and what is delivered digitally through another 48 chan else privately owned. the two sides tell different versions of the movement. >>

they're joining us from bangkok to show us what is happening. in particular with the arrest waters issued for the opposition leader that we saw in your report. >> reporter: yes, that's right. the leader of the anti-government protest movement already has an arrest warrant out for him for his role in encouraging protesters to sees government property basically for trespassing. now a second one has been issued today for insurrection, a crime that if he were to be convicted of carries the maximum penalty of death. that arrest warrant was issued just hours before we saw another fiery speech were him on the stage for the supporters. there were suggestions that another meeting took place between him and the prime minister on stage. he said no such meeting took place. anthey'll focus all their attention on seizing the headquarters of the bangkok metropolitan police. it appears he seems to have given up on the house of the prime minister. >> it seems to be a fluid or obviously somewhat violent situation in thailand. what happens next? >> well, yes, the

meanwhile a clean-up operation is under way in bangkok. the nation is preparing to mark the king's birthday on thursday. scott heidler has more. >> and just 24 hours it went from rows of riot police to rows of street sleepers. protesters are taking a pause. they said they would stop tuesday morning, they pulled down barricades. today, wednesday, is the day before the king's birthday. it is clean-up day. this is going to be one of the big sites for the king's birthday on thursday. right now the protesters agreed to stop everything, they'll move everyone out of here. and now they are pitching in with the city workers and they are cleaning up the area. >> now, the ukrainian prime minister says he plans to go ahead with the camera meeting, despite a blockade by protesters. hundreds are back on the streets. they vowed to continue their demonstrations. rory chalans is live for us. what is happening? >> a little bit of a stalemate had set in. the government survived a no confidence vote. the protesters are digging in. they say they could be here

we will stay on top of the very latest in bangkok. >> live for us in bangkok. thanks. >> the wto, the wto, is celebrating a landmark event could add a trillion dollars to the world economy. and a latin american block led by cuba dropping the opposition. analysts say that it will do more to salvage the doha round of talks. >> we did set out to basically basically get an agreement among all of us since 2001 or even earlier in 1995. but we have not been able to get an agreement. that is the first part of the significance. the second is that the package, even though it is small, it is ambitious in that it is basically -- it basically delivers on part of the lbc's and the developing economies and the agreement that was reached. i think it will set a very good traction for the purpose of moving along and ahead on the doha development agenda. so this is not so bad. >> let's cross lines over to jakarta for reaction to this deal. >> trade ministers and representatives from the 159 member world trade organization did finally agreed to the so- called ali package -- so-cal

martin will reporting from bangkok. thank you to ukraine are worth thousands of people continue to rally into the night in the ukrainian capital kiev they're protesting the government's decision to freeze to add that the european union and to move closer to russia. small matter earlier we talk about correspondent investing in key and he tells that the government is trying to control the situation they approve there is political and diplomatic means. he got this title is clearly not going to get up on the situation that it's a great quantity of international political and diplomatic activity going on the delegations guidance of the european union to re negotiate their dedications going to moscow. two of them negotiate with the russians for the gas price something which is that badly affected the ukraine. instead the ukraine's teacher in cali and of course the president of the country is in china at the moment negotiating success than me and told us of the loans had to drop out of. marketplace position of the ukraine econ

traveling in from the privileged part of bangkok, the two have been friends for years. >> at least we make a point, and make our presence felt, and that even though the goal may be remote -- >> that goal being the resignation of the prime minister. >> the government still insists that they won't care about millions of people that come out. >> reporter: while on the other side of town they are still protesting. they came to the police headquarters demanding an investigation into shootings over the weekend. they came for a couple of hours, now they are leaving peacefully. among them are these two. the friends work for the same company in a nearby office. they too have been protesting together for over a month heading to the rallies during their lunch break. >> how do you think the future looking right now? >> i think everybody is pushing for the revolution from the military. it's not a good solution, but it is only one hope that we have now. >> reporter: the army has made it clear, it's staying neutral. since there has been no movement by either side it's difficult to see what could bre

wayne hay, al jazeera, bangkok. >> three people were killed in bangkok over the weekend and does others injured in the protest. >>> a similar situation in ukraine where thousands of antigovernment protests enter a second week. demonstrators are camped out in kiev, blocking the main square, that is a live picture, the president's refusal to sign trade agreements with the local unions. david slater reports. making slur the police barriers that are used to keep them out of the square are now used by them to keep the police out. all the government buildings in kiev are also being blockaded by them while the president talks to his advisors to retreat outside kiev. there has been one development here at the initiative of the parliamentary speaker, there were round table talks between the government and the opposition leaders. the only thing that came out of that was a demand by the opposition that the parliament should dissolve the parliament by tomorrow. that is not likely to happen because the president has got the majority in that parliament. the standoff is very much continuing. the news

. >> i'm scott live in bangkok and the election she has been given until tuesday to step down. >>> preserving powers for the military they talk about egypt, plus. >> i'm rob reynolds in bangladesh of the appalling conditions in this country's cannerys. >> i'm with sport including. >> they were some of the best young players they have ever seen and now they celebrate their success. ♪ the prime minister told the country she will do anything to stop the violence but cannot accept the demands of protesters and she was speaking after another day of violence in bangkok where people are trying to force her out of office and unhappy when she tried to introduce an amnesty law and brother and former brother return to the country. these are live pictures from bangkok where there has been violence between police and protesters already, people are on the streets but the rallies has not gained momentum in the past few days and there is an olive branch and she says she is open to talks. >> translator: i insist on opening every avenue to find the solution and i'm open for negotiations. police officers will

stand down and allow protesters on to government property and it's the tenth day of demonstrations in bangkok and they want the government to resign. what is it they want exactly? the movement wants an unelected people's council set up to form a new government and feel the current prime minister is corrupt and does the billing of their bother taxing and they won an election two years ago and still hold a majority in parliament. the police meanwhile say they are in control of the situation despite standing down early on tuesday. >> the demonstration of peace an order we will inform that in order to reduce the tension and protest and the police, the center for peace an order has opened barriers to let protesters come in the area of the government house. we are in the process of asian with police and police maintain peace an order and forces for military do safeguard the area and ready to enforce police operations. >> reporter: that is al jazeera and let's join scott at the main protest camp in bangkok and we saw extraordinary scenes earlier outside the prime minister's office and tell us about

we will check that atmosphere on the streets of bangkok. and it has taken 18 years, but deal.o delivers a make strong gains in india. we will be live in mumbai. all of that and more on this edition of "asia edge." all, you have got the philippines stock down. the feeling in asia comes down to jobs in the u.s. fell.employment rate that is encouraging. you are

so when someone enters the world in bangkok. that will wrap up our sleeves and i actually have someone in bangkok. i knew. violence continues in the central african republic fierce fighting between rival forces has reportedly left at least one hundred people dead armed militants attacked three muslim controlled locations in the capital bondi with machine guns and rocket launchers. the muslim side says christian militants were behind the attacks the minority muslims seize the capital in march. he then declared the establishment of an interim government the country fell into chaos after muslim forces ousted the president. this led to repeated clashes with trish and militants looting and vandalism are rampant. as most government troops and police have fled the city about four hundred and sixty thousand people are seeking refuge inside and outside the country. the un security council is taking steps to get the situation in the central african republic under control. it has authorized african and french troops be sent to the country

of bangkok at the government house. now at least nine marches started from different locations on the city on descending on government house, that is the main target of the protest and wayne reports now on their progress. >> reporter: the leader of the antigovernment movement called for one more show of strength to topple the governmentments. protesters are on long journey to cross the thai capitol bangkok and call it the final battle and say the objective was cle clear. the protest started a month ago with the stated aim of returning power to the people and as they began the long march the prime minister made a concession. >> translator: brothers and sisters of thailand, i'm yingluck shinawatra the prime minister of thailand and i would like to notify everyone after listening to opinions on all sides i decided to request a royal decree to resolve parliament this year. >> reporter: the goals of the protesters have changed and as they arrived at the office of the prime minister it became clear that a new election wasn't

part of what they are doing there in bangkok. they are trying to make that visible to the world outside. but it needs to be remembered that the rooling party have the majority of favour in the county. she dissolved parliament, if she did that, they'd need to have elections, the same party would win. she is large protests on the streets of bangkok, a lot of people support the cause. they don't represent the majority of the country, even though there's a perception, it continues through the country when there's tens of thousands on the streets of bangkok, simply because the ruling party, her party has the majority of the people in this country. >> scott, thank you for joining us this morning. >> millions of children in america struggle with childhood obesity. researchers show it leads to heart disease, diabetes and cancer. i found one cool doctor who is teaching kids in new york how to keep their calories down and keeping it funky fresh. >> he's known as a hip-hop doc. he's teaching kids to eat healthier and is doing it to a beat.

but here in bangkok but then coming back to today's developments yet some parliament is dissolved add a snap elections being told them it's like the dates will be february the seconds next t f one no id love to watch remains in power but only as a caretaker prime minister but this isn't enough to satisfy the protests may get a seat at jokes about it he basically wants to see what he calls the shadow optimistic removed from my politics he belies that you love. it simply takes our instructions from my brother tax and type two was prime minister here before that he was ousted in a militant killed in two thousand and six. he's been in ever since but he remains central to thai politics. he's a dog in the north in the northeast of thailand by four people mostly from its twenty stores in farming subsidies and welfare reforms including cheap healthcare but but but he's been filed by the middle classes in the elites in the capital bangkok bank think that those policies when not designed to to improve the loss of the pool but simply to bring him up out of banks which would enable him to that of

well classes in bangkok have left at least two people dead and forty five others winged it leaders of the anti government movement insists that can pass a month about to fly to the dentist until taxes prejean is character when and the protests erupted in violence on saturday and continued into this morning forcing prime minister in latino want to leave that to wave to one undisclosed location. protesters rallied in front of the national police headquarters outside the government house the scuffles broke out and please find teal again someone attendance at protesters. we allow officials to bangkok residents to stay in their homes for their own safety the demonstrations began a week ago. protesters say the government serves the interests of him likes brother of former prime minister packs in july. he was ousted by two thousand and six military to after being accused of corruption and abuse of power. well as tensions between felix supporters and opponents continue to escalate. chris wanted to sit at times prior to the streets of bangkok to speak to some of them take a listen the event. t

. >> for the first time in seven days, police in bangkok are fighting back. heavy use of teargas as they faced off with protesters at the metropolitan police bureau. several thousand protesters crowded nearby streets. back and fourth surges as they chipped away at the cement barricade. =as they were soaked with =chemical-laden water. = =at the same time, a similar =scene unfolded near the prime =minister's office. >> this is one group of protesters that have been dispatched from government complex. now that's one of three main staging areas for the protesters around the city. they have three destinations. the ministry of commerce and two different televisions stations. sunday was labeled victory day by organizers well before the protesters even hit the streets. in rye sent days they have to been able to roam averaged bangkok. >> and ar targeting government buildings with no resistance from the police the police are holding firm and seem determined to defend government house this could be a long fight for government house and for the right to run the country.

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tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in the capital, bangkok. some occupied government buildings, including these in the ministry. they are demanding the resignation of the prime minister. a bad leader who never thinks about what is right. she only cares about her own advantages. conflict has been simmering for years. he opposition accuses the prime minister of being a up at for her brother, the tycoon and former prime minister. in 2006 and went into exile after a corruption conviction. amnesty laws sparked calls of foul play. i've been the leader of this government for two years now and the accusation against me are serious and unjustified. >> the prime survived the confidence vote in parliament and they ruled out early elections. has tightened security, but protests continue to delete. -- throughout the week. >> france has announced its stepping up its military presence in the central african republic, a foreign -- a former colony. rich entry has gone into chaos as rebels ousted the president earlier this year. they hope to prevent secretary a

] >> we begin in thailand where police have been firing tear gas and water canons at protesters in bangkok. demonstrators have been demanding the prime minister's resignation for a week. the royal thai place say they will not use unnecessary force. >> the use of force will be deployed only when necessary. the engagement of force will be incompatible with the principle of human rights and with the rule of law. the police are - [ inaudible [ inaudible ] somehow use of force depends on the monitoring of the demanding authority. >> wayne hay is live outside the prime minister's office in bangkok. what is happening now? >> well, the situation is very fluid. we are still seeing the anti-government protesters in groups trying their luck, moving towards the outside of government house to where the police have their barricades located. the police are responding with many rounds of tear gas and water canon and using what appears to be a flash-bang stage as well. the protesters, as you can hear, those explosions or a combination - but the protesters are throwing back some small explosive devices, fir

first we'll cross to scott heidler in bangkok. the streets of bangkok are much more quieter. >> yes, and the streets are cleaner particularly around the democracy monument. from 9am workers from the city came in and scrubed the streets. this was one of the first rallying of the protesters. it was the amnesty bill movement before. they'd been there for weeks, almost a month. this morning, for the king's birthday they came out and scrubbed the street. there was a protest march to the royal thai headquarters, in the dense shopping area. it closed down part of the main avenues in bangkok for an hour, hour and a half they could get through. we've seen in pattern. they were allowed in. they broke through, just a padlock. wandered around and left and went back out on their trucks. what we see here at democracy monument - people will clean out because they are preparing for the kings birthday celebrations tomorrow. >> and the question of of course is what happens after the king's birthday. is there a sense that the crisis will be resolved

these are the main stories - running battles in bangkok. an officer is killed as anti-government demonstrators fight the police. >> the turkish prime minister reshuffles his cabinet after three senior ministers resign over corruption investigations. >> after the battle al jazeera has access to the town of bor, the scene of intense fighting in south sudan. and half a million homes left without power as snow falls across the u.s. and canada. >> fighting between thai police and protesters in bangkok killed an officer and injured dozens of others. security forces fired tear gas at anti-government demonstrators to prevent them break into a stadium as candidates were signing up for new polls. the government has been urged to postpone the vote, scheduled for early february. >> i'm joined from bangkok by our correspondent. is the government calling for a display in the vote? >> the government has not issued a statement yet, but a politician from the ruling party said they do not agree with any postponement of the election. the main protest group ha

is the last reporting from bangkok thailand isn't the only country hit by protests. hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in kiev on sunday the protesters angry over the government's decision to ditch a landmark pact with the european union. this in favor of closer ties to russia. people are expected to take to the streets yet again today as the opposition seeks to keep the heat on president viktor yanukovich with a cure is bound to compassion. demonstrators face the cold on sunday night hundreds of thousands of anti government protesters packed the streets in and around kids independence square. not far away the statue of lenin was toppled in a sign of frustration that russian influence. the move quickly condemned by opposition leaders. the season opener last night and we will protest here until we achieve victory. we believe in our country and crowded and ukrainian. but jones and no circumstances must we destroy things. oh break things demonstrating just how serious they are protesters set up a barricade outside government buildings making it impossible f

our reporter tra tina gao son is in bangkok. >> reporter: this area around the monument is in front of one of the king's palaces. it's where massive

i'm dhra dhirakaosal in bangkok. >>> emerging economic powers still struggling with poverty. emboldened citizens still demanding democracy. the threat of violence, the push for peace, the shadow of conflict. get news and insight on south and southeast asia, every weekday, live from bangkok, only on nhk world "newsline." >>> government troops and rebels in south sudan are keeping up their attacks on each other. soldiers loyal to the president are trying to retake key towns. a u.n. spokesperson in the capital juba told nhk more and more people are fleeing the violence. here's more. >> reporter: soldiers loyal to president salva kiir and former vice president machar have been fighting for ten days. an official in juba said the troops and rebels are doing battle in four of the country's ten states. he said more and more citizens are fleeing their homes. >> the numbers of displaced continue to rise, and it is a source of great concern to the united nations. i believe that something on the order of nearly 30,000 civilians from jambalay state have crossed to a neighboring state over

we are join the from a professor at the bangkok university. we are seeing demonstrations and a momentum of the demonstrators taking to various parts of bangk bangkok. do you think this will escalate of? >> i think the people are gaining ground and the support we are getting from the general public, including the free media, consisting of the free tv is now assisting the people's revolution, so to speak, because they con no longer tolerate the parliamentary dictatorship making a mockery out of democracy. we have no check and balances. we have no way of asking them how many money we are spending. this is why people are demanding. >> do you think it's significant that she is being moved from her office physically and protected by the police. do you think that shows that there is movement and possibly shell consider her position or the noise is that she's standing firm? >> i think right now i have heard that she would like to resign. somewhere the instruction from overseas wants her to stay put. it gives her a very, very difficult position. on one

we have teems in bangkok travelling all sides of the story. let's go over to wayne hay at government house for an update on the situation there. wayne, what is the latest. >> yes, well we are outside government house, the officer of the prime minister yingluck shinawatra. let me run through what has happened here over the last few hours. this barricaded area or what is left of it is the scope of pretty severe fighting. in the early hours of this morning, of tuesday morning, the police backed away and the protesters were allowed to come through into the area. if we swing around here and show the area. this is outside government house. outside the office of the prime minister. you can still there are protesters hanging around. they were allowed in in their thousands and they moved down this road, the front entrance to government house. the gate, the main entrance, or the main gate to government house was cut and the protesters were allowed in there, complete with a mobile stage and speakers. they went in, sat on the grass. they were told they wo

at the parliament in bangkok, demonstrators stopped getting inside. instead workers had to wait for instructions at the entrance. >> translator: as a government worker, i must do my duty as usual today. but if i had time, i'd rather take part in the protests. >> the escalation of the anti-government protests is beginning to affect everyday life in bangkok. many colleges and high schools are closed out of security concerns. the latest demonstrations were triggered last month when yingluck forced a controversial amnesty bill through the lower house. critics say the bill was intended to pave the way for her brother, former prime minister shinawatra to return from parliament. he was ousted in a coup seven years ago. on sunday about 5,000 people clashed with security forces when they tried to storm government house. security forces responded with tear gas, injuring several dozens. on saturday shots were fired into a crowd of protesters at a university campus, leaving three people dead. >>> demonstrators in ukraine are trying to force their leader out of of

. >> we have more from bangkok. >> reporter: thailand's opposition party made it official. they will not run on the february 2nd election. they say they're still looking to get a people's council, and they want election reform before they go back to the polls. meanwhile the government party said after the election they'll call all the parties together and form a people's reform commission. the people's reform commission will sit for two years, will look at all possible reforms with the thailand democratic political system andality the end of two years they will put together recommendations 37 but there will be no mandate on the government to follow any of those elections. meanwhile the protest fine for sunday could have 3 million people. that's according to the democrat opposition party. the planned protest will march through the city of bangkok and many outside of the opposition party has promised to make bangkok a deadlock for traffic with nothing moving for hours. >> in russia khodorkovsky is out of jail and out of the country, too. where is he right now? >> reporter: he

antigovernment groups renew protests in bangkok. fallenck market that has nearly everyday this month. the issues that faced shanghai. we are going to get taiwanese markets starting. we don't have trading in tokyo. it is the emperor's birthday. john, good morning. >> japan is closed or the emperor's birthday today. china stocks are gaining. apple as well and also foxconn part of that. japan is closed. u.s. gdp better than forecast. more details on what is happening as far as asia-pacific stocks. let's get back to our top stories. apple finally signing a long- awaited deal to get iphones sold through china mobile. stephen engle is our china correspondent and he is in beijing. this is a long time coming. it is a pretty significant deal as well. x years -- six years worth of negotiation coming to fruition. accessll give apple to -- access to customers on china's biggest wireless at work. china telecom corp. the china apple have been offering since about 2009. telecom has offered it since march of last year. the big stumbling block for a

and it's still a little sign of progress that's all from bangkok. i knew. one year ago nine people died after concrete slabs fell from the ceiling of this ensemble trouble in japan's yamaguchi prefecture experts say bolts holding the slams spring and attach the accident raised questions about maintenance of japan's aging infrastructure. friends or relatives of the victims gathered on monday near the site on the two expressway be prayed silently at eight o three am the time of the accident. the victims included young people on the way home from the trip so scott. i'm so frustrated so sad. she shouldn't have been killed. he posted above do the things that i do wish the expressway operators had inspected the property. these images show the severity of the accident. the slabs fell along the one hundred forty meter section of the tunnel crushing three cars. good optical what we are very sorry for causing a major accident. accidents involving aging roads bridges and other facilities have occurred around the country. some were caused by problems that inspectors ha

yet what a great year in bangkok he talks it's noisy in the whole things than the front seat that has been a big turnout nine numbers has yet to run clear but it's many many thousands the air is filled me up with the sound of protest we can get loud speakers we can hear speeches begin with cheering on the tv at that rate mob whistle blowing that come to signify approval from the crowd now many of bangkok's main roads are completely blocked by protests is causing widespread disruption people not directly watching this beach is the sitting down in the streets waving flags transport buses trains and buses being overwhelmed by the numbers coming into the city to the atmosphere itself is calm there's no sense of menace pm all of its streets parks and shops and restaurants have remained opened the difficulty is getting to them and some that have started to close early no one group of protest is a data sets to its prime minister he should know what time they forced aside from a semi staged a noisy demonstration outside the house with herself. isn't there today. she's a rallying support in a

the protests in bangkok continued into the night. tens of thousands of anti government demonstrators filled the streets demanding changes to the country's political structure. now on. people will appoint a prime minister of the people. he said the government of the people though. opposition leaders know to keep up the pressure and are urging followers to press on with demonstrations they seem more still needs to be done after prime minister you. sheena was announced that new elections will be held in the new year the ends and you feel sad too and after listening to opinions from both sides i decided to request a window into pretenses no comment this year twenty ten team they look really good interim government until a new parliament is chosen. but protesters wanted to be replaced immediately by a people's council. the ruling footie party still enjoys strong support the opposition says new elections alone will do nothing to change the status quo. he retooled to cause fun and it could be lost in bangkok and cost of tbilisi on the situa

just create havoc in the thai capital bangkok and authorities issued an arrest warrant for the leader of the nt government demonstration. the two teams the wind which the knock. he praised an illegal ivory trade. on approaching the that is to senior cream and intense in san suu kyi's independence quick single and not need to rest in the car yanukovych stepped down demonstrators have laid siege to government buildings angry at the president's be futile to sign a pro europe pack. it also occupy the mayor's office and turned it into what they're calling their revolution headquarters i'm the worst critic and i'm missing more than a decade opposition leaders and bonds tubing down the dock minute the fronts are heartening in ukraine. crowds of demonstrators blocked key government buildings and taking control of facilities in scenes reminiscent of the two thousand four orange revolution. thousands have pitched tents and belted state of the government resigns. anyhoo closer ties to the european union who make their country more prosperous. i am against our criminal president on tv they see th

protestors in bangkok were hit with tear gas and water cannon. they are calling for the prime minister to step down. the white house said the obamacare website is rung more smoothly, handling 50,000 users at the same time. with the sign up deadline just ahead this month, it will face a big test in the coming weeks. >> federal investigators are trying to figure out why a train derailed in new york city, killing four. they are looking at track conditions, speed and why the engineer might have triggered the emergency brakes. ntsb former director told us how it will unfold. >> we have a team for signals, a team for rail, how many performance, operations and survival factors. those were plans put together last evening and hope to accomplish those today. we'll have another progress meeting this evening. >> that train was headed to new york's grand central terminal. that's where we are this morning, tracking the delays. good morning, jennifer. any idea when the trains will be back up and running? >> no, stephanie. if you talk to the n.c.a., the metropol

the protest on the streets of bangkok. once again the opposition out in force in the thai capital its campaign to bring down the government of timor action a lot. on sunday the main opposition party saying it will boycott the upcoming snap elections that both the turks which is expected in february was called by the end of an innocent and the ongoing political crisis the opposition that says they have lost faith in the democratic system. it doesn't look like cheap but since has been stingy but some groups that makes people will stay by the nazis did. i mean in a canvas that is their correspondence and you can't hold us more about the turnout for sunday's protests. the number of putting it on the street some just around the corner from one of the sites there are six sites whether taxes. i think it's bad to say that this considerably less than they expected they would do according to three million people tonight the trip but the protests live where i was they will also be a couple of times and maximum so much less numbers an

bangkok pulls in 100-150,000 people. it's not good representation of what the fast majority of thailand bequeeths. >> there was an introduction for the king's birthday which is a national holiday there. is part of it the logistics of organising crowds and rallies. >> there has been five days. they've had a break. it's slowed down from here on out. the logistics are hard. we have protesters over a large city. it's hard to move people from one side to the other. >> sorry, for the thought of. >> they have protests outside the city, to the city centre, moving back and forth. it's hot as well. moving people back and forth is difficult. >> yet they are calling for the large turn out on december 9th, in two days here. what do you expect to happen if the opposition turn outs is not what you expect? >> well, the opposition is calling for millions of people to come out. i'm expecting it could be a large crowd. i don't think that many people will be out. we are guessing that there'll be a slow down in the protests. then again, the

the tensions that prompted time sorties to ask that people in bangkok state interest over nights. the no fine thousand people tried to storm the prime minister's office on sunday. and as his clash with security forces that my team against the violent reporting left many people injured. local media reported sporadic gunshots were heard at a university campus. when someone fired shots at protesters on saturday night some of the protesters also surrounded offices of media organizations dedicated to demanding the resignation of prime minister he knocks you want to accuse her of being a proxy for her older brother the ousted prime minister taxation a lot. violence for some department stores in shopping malls in central bangkok to close on sunday the thai government said on sunday that it hasn't as a nighttime curfew citizens are not allowed to be outside between ten pm to five am monday morning. the protest leaders met with the prime minister and unsuccessfully tried to get her to step down the protesters are calling for a nationwide strike on monday to bring government activities to a

such the east of bangkok. every year around their headquarters. the latest in a government move not to confront protesters the opposition says despite that partial victory their fight to bring down the government would go on no pre get a new crate of thousands of pro europe protesters aftermath of five hundred ink yet. lawmakers there are debating a vote of no confidence in the government over the scrapping of the key trade deals with the eu. us vice president joe biden is in japan to try and reassure tokyo and the ongoing spat with china over disputed island. joining us first to knit with. today is a violent protests in thailand. police in bangkok are taking and concrete barriers and barbed wire around their headquarters. they've left anti government protesters into the building ahead of that threatens us all. that unexpected move was aimed at avoiding any further clashes between the two sides. as a eugene explains the opposition says despite the victory is ready to fight on. this year and hopes to recruit students and recent war and compete but

a carnival atmosphere in bangkok. takedown razor wire since they announced tuesday morning they were standing down. >> in order to reduce the tension, between the protesters barriers have, been opened to let protesters come into the area. >> the breakthrough is being inled as a victory and comes sharp contrast to the violence of the past four days are at least three people died and hundreds more were injured. as police stand by and events unfold, protesters vowed to continue their campaign. >> we do not want to dissolve parliament. we do not want new elections because we will lose anyway. we want their family to leave the country. >> it is unclear where things will go from here. the prime minister has said she's willing to do everything it takes to end the protests made it clear that she cannot hand over power to another elected council. unelected council. >> charges of public insults and are links to an interview bob dylan gave last year. in a deeper -- in it he compared croatians to not these and the ku klux klan. t

let's talk to a political columnist joining us from bangkok. only several thousands rather than the 3 million protesters had asked for had turned up. nevertheless the protest is continuing week after week after week. what does the government do to end the situation in bangkok? well, i believe the government is playing calm and not trying to ascertain the protesters. so far any violent confrontation has been kept to a minimum. >> i understand that. what does it do to end it all? >> well, there's no end in sight, but tomorrow the protesters planned to visit the site where the registrations of the candidate for the snap elections will take place, it's unclear whether they'll try to block the candidates and prevent them from their candidacy or not. they said they will not, but we have to wait and see. >> one of the protesters say the reason they won't take part in the elections is they want political reforms before the poll. is that a possibility within government circles. is that being discussed? >> well, i don't think it's a possibility now. the

live pictures from bangkok. protesters have wished through police barricades and made it to the prime minister's. it's the 10th day of demonstrations against the thai regime. at least three people died in protests. >> tonight, investigators say speed was a factor in sunday's deadly train derailment in new york. officials say the commuter train was traveling 82 miles an hour when it jumped the tracks. >> that's more than 50 miles an hour faster than it should have been going. the accident killed four people and wounded dozens of others. we don't know if human error played a part in the crash. some experts say our trains rely far too much on people and that we already have the technology to prevent many deadly accidents. jake ward joins us from san francisco with more on that technology. jake? >> john, 40% of american freight and as many as 6 million passengers a year move by railroad. in spite of the fact that so much rests on this form of transportation, it's stuck in the 19th century when dit comes to safety te

wayne hay is covering the event in bangkok. >> hopefully i can get a few words in before the next cloud approaches me. they started using weak tear gas, but they have upped the ante, the police. it burns not only your eyes and mouth, but your skin when it comes in contact. at the moment we are seeing sporadic results by the protesters, coming towards the barriers erected outside government house. the police are firing back with tear gas bombs. it pushes the protesters back, but after a lull they come forward, trying to get close to app taggonize the police. they threw things back towards the barriers to where the police are guarding government house. protest leaders confirmed this would be a target. they wanted to topple their target and do it on sunday. to do that they must take government house. it's symbolic to seize the house of yingluck shinawatra. they are going around bangkok to other government facilities, trying to seize them, including the headquarters of the police. we have seen over recent days that the police guarding some of he is facilities, government officers, have been

our scott hideler joins us from bangkok with more on this. scott, are we expecting more clark between police and protesters today? >> reporter: absolutely. now, we have been seeing a little bit of that. we are right by the prime minister's office, the government house, barricaded behind me. >> that's where we saw a lot of the most intention clark on sunday. we have had a little bit of that today, nothing like we saw yesterday. but it's a little bit early in the day. there have been about maybe two to 300 protesters that were just up at the barricade within the last 15 or 20 minutes. they started lobbing tear gas. i am wearing a helmet. they are going over our head from the cement barricade. i would imagine we will see more of this. we have heard a lot of protest orders have been called to this location as well as to the police headquarters. and that, too, yesterday was where we saw allotted of these clark. so, yeah, this is going to -- these clark. it's going to be today. >> it's noisy there as well. but scott, i know the prime minister and t

klein says in the thai capital bangkok last at least four people dead and dozens wounded when police used teargas and water cannons prevent protesters from occupying key government sites. and protests against the government of prime minister yang books a lot show no signs of letting up the thai government expand copenhagen it's not even a sunday night to take him to friday and the authority saving the police came to preventing refinements the security forces and anti government protest is was still pressing as it seeks and went down to demonstrate it and did all day sunday to force their way into government buildings. he did the offseason pride released in the next two months sunday evening the premium at me they need at the protest movement to test test of time to no avail. see ted has called on civil seven to more whole thing down. all will be in order to continue the people's quran to eliminate the regime the people's democratic reform committee would like to announce that monday december second is a holiday for the government sector it's a publication that the government is noon

wayne hay has the latest from bangkok. >> there's no indication from the anti-government protesters that the announcement from the prime minister yingluck shinawatra, that she will dissolve parliament. the goals have changed. they said they would accept the solution and the resignation of the prime minister. that changed into the goal being the removal of the thaksin shinawatra regime - referring to the former prime minister ousted in a coup in 2006 and lives in self-impressed exile. his cysister, yingluck shinawat is the prime minister at the moment. >> at the moment they are continuing a push towards of the office of the prime minister, government house, where they say this will be their final attempt to remove this go. . >> wayne hay reporting from bangkok. as he alluded to the tensions between thailand's political party goes back more fan a decade. since 2001 the pugh party has won all the elections. the democrat party has not won since 1992. the ruling party survived even though the military ousted its leader. then prime minister thaksin shinawatra was convicted of corruption two ye

tens of thousands of protesters marged on the offices of bangkok. they've been demonstrating for a month. earlier they made a televised address to the nation. >> translation: brothers and sisters of thailand, i'm yingluck shinawatra, the prime minister of thailand. i want to inform everyone i have decided to request a royal decree to dissolve government this year. >> scott heidler joins me from government house. this is an attempt to diffuse the crisis, but unlikely to diffuse the protesters. >> no, definitely not. it will not end the situation, the political tension. we have seen violent exchanges between the government protesters and law enforcement over the last two weeks. today a lot of people were on the streets. doesn't appear that there will be clashes. but what remains is tension on the political front. these people and the dtens of thousands around me want yingluck shinawatra to step down. she has dissolved parliament but that is not enough. the protesters want the end of a shinawatra involvement - meaning the political party. it will be te

>> well, it's a day of protest in bangkok. the democrat party, the official opposition party is hoping to gather 2-3 million people to march arrangement the city, a 10 mile walk with two different group. they'll have a couple of stops and try to drum up support to off the the current government. >> political opposition party, the democrats, are closely linked to the u.s. republican party. the public in power is like the democrats in the united states. so to put it in context it's an economic sway here between the opposition and the ruling party. the military and the police are getting ready. is there much potential for clashes today? well, two weeks ago a clash of a similar size. five people were killed. to put it in real numbers, over the last six years 5,000 people have been killed or injured in political protests. in the last 60 years there has been 19 coups, nine of which have been successful. over the last couple of weeks the military and police took a hands-off approach. there has been less of a presence of any uniforms

we're following the story in bangkok. >> 40 days have passed before the thai lower house passed an amnesty bill many say was to allow thaksin shinawatra to return from self imposed exile. the bill was rejected by opposition lawmakers, but the situation still spurred on the protesters, and concern is growing that lingering political turmoil may affect the second largest asean economy. protesters continued the sit-in they began days before. prime minister yingluck announced monday she would dissolve parliament and hold an election. >> translator: there really shouldn't be anymore elections. the elections have let us down for a long time. >> antigovernment protesters remain unmoved by the offer to return to the ballot box. they wrote to success on the back of policies designed to protect those left behind by thailand's rapid economic development. the supporters represent a minority of the national thai electorate. the opposition parties have yet to say if they will participate in an election, but are still calling for the prime minister to step down. >>> there's also concern for the country's

we have the latest from bangkok. >> hundreds of anti-government protesters have been making their way to the police station in bangkok to try to disrupt the registration process for an election that's due to take place in february. the protesters don't want an election to take place and said that anybody who wants to register will have to go through a different stage. they stood in a line of barricades at the stadium where the registration is meant to take police. the election commission was prepared for a scenario and said candidates and representatives will be able to lodge a police report in the police station if they are unable to go to the stadium, as well as register themselves for the election in the police station. that is why the crowd is here. and it's been growing slowly. now, the anti-government protesters have been angered by the election commission's action and it cut power and water to the police station to show their displeasure. that tactic doesn't seem to have worked. several parties that managed to reghtsster for the february election, including the ruling party. no

that's go live to bangkok. florence lui is there. what are we to make of the fact that the military it seems is willing to talk to the leader of the opposition? >> reporter: well, the fact that they have this meeting does not come really as a surprise. the military has so far tried very hard to remain neutral. this meeting was no different. the supreme commander spoke and said because we love the country, this meeting has no final conclusion. we're here to exchange ideas, and anything anyone does has to be within rules and regulations. now, thailand's military had a coup in 2006 when it removed the former prime minister and the brother to the current prime minister. now, that has led to an endless cycle of political upheaval, so they're keen to avoid that. they're keen to avoid repeating the same mistakes. i spoke to an analyst about the significance of this meeting, and he said what we have to look at is the fact that the military didn't -- it wasn't just a meeting between the generals and the protesters. the military invited a cros