health problems among the schoolchildren back to correspond to boston hot it was more. for weeks now bangkok has been covered in thick toxic smog down in the streets more and more people are wearing these so much so that face masks have become hard to come by the people are growing increasingly frustrated with the situation also because the authorities don't seem to be able to get a grip on the problem they have been trying different things spraying water into the air and even seeding clouds in an attempt to make it rain but so far to little avail the newest plan now is to use drones to sprinkle the air with sugarcane juice to trap the dust but until something works it's all down to damage control more than four hundred public schools around the city will remain closed until friday in the faint hope that by monday the air will have cleared at least a little bit to the philippines next where these jeepneys virtually a global symbol of the country but they're living on borrowed time for decades they've been cheap transportation for millions but many g.p.'s are highly poll

our south east asia correspondent boston hard to going to be now with more boston what else do we know about this attack. well we know karl that this wasn't the first time that this particular church was targeted we know as you said that there were two bombs one going off as the mass was going on and then the second one about a minute later near the entrance of the church as the people were fleeing the building and security for forces were coming in to secure the perimeter is now we understand that the majority of the victims are in fact civilians although there are some army personnel among the wounded as well most of the casualties were taken to the local hospital in holo some however were also airlifted out to zamboanga city which is on the neighboring island of mindanao which is the main island in the southern philippines karl president. is calling this an act of terrorism but what do we know about who might be behind the bombings. well so far there are no group has claimed responsibility for this attack the filipino authorities however are focusing on one group of several armed is

south east asia correspondent boston hard to thank you very much. now look at some of the other stories making news around the world the u.n. says more than fifty mass graves have been found in the democratic republic of congo after a string. killings there the graves in the west of the country are believed to be related to deadly violence between two ethnic groups that erupted in december investigation is now under way. under the thousands of pilgrims have gathered to attend pope francis world youth day mass in panama city on sunday the service marks the end of the pontiff first trip to central america. huge protests are expected today in the venezuelan capital caracas as demands are growing for fresh elections meanwhile the country's top military envoy to the united states has announced he's turning his back on president nicolas maduro government and recognizing opposition leader one as venezuela's in term president he's urging the rest of the military to follow his lead the european union is also calling for fresh elections but president maduro s

was ousted by the coup in two thousand and fourteen remains traditionally strong amrita and briefly boston was has been the record on this current military government because the military has a long tradition of benign intervention in thai politics. i think critics would tell you that. given the fact that this government has enjoyed almost unlimited power over the almost past five years. they haven't really managed to bring the country forward in the way they had promised critics will say that they focus mainly on holding on holding onto power and that critical reform projects like education reform for example haven't been tackled or take for example the country's daunting social injustice where one percent of the population holds two percent of the country's. those are going to be critical issues to sort of come to these elections anytime soon everyday right boston hartig in bangkok a real pleasure to talk to you. now for some sport and tennis news and high drama on the first day of the australian open where former world number one andy murray has just crashed out of the tournament in wha

month before they were set to take place that's brought people out onto the streets of bangkok and boston hartsock was there to hear their demands. they've had enough enough of thailand's military rulers enough of seeing their rights curtailed enough of promised elections being pushed back time and time again. now these protesters in the heart of bangkok say they won't back down until the government makes good on its promise to let the people have their say we're living with the parliament that has no opposition opposition for the last five years without any you know good governance on any no opposition like in the parliament so if this election is very important part thailand not only to go back to democracy but also do this on the country back again after five minutes and to get their rights as citizens back in the past five years the military government has used its powers to stop critics from speaking out . until recently protests like this one were prohibited by the strict assembly lot by this military dictatorship. now that law has been lifted but in spite of that demonstrators are

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purveying in the united states for the past two years like trump boston r.-o. is big twitter user enjoys making inflammatory statements and speaking up for traditional values at the cost of any type of disadvantaged people. that may or may well have happened no matter who is in the american white house but it certainly seems to be a global trend but. i agree i think what they have in common is that they're populist movements but they yell of us are left wing radicals and right. we don't quite know what's going on really really really know what's going on there but i do feel like that populism is on the rise than it had been for for a couple of years i mean the honesty and i we see it all across. so i'm i'm not really sure what came first the hen or the egg like. like but being the beacon of that but i do feel like often are i know that has been called many or has been called you know brazil's trump so i think that that that style is more. it's more acceptable to us as media as well and definitely has to deal with being such a big influence on everyone i'm going

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one of the super bowl of american football is set for this sunday with the team's los angeles and boston set to play in one of the biggest spectacles in sports it is also time for the national football league to talk about international expansion and at this time of year and fans in europe wait to hear about a possible n.f.l. team relocating to london the league stages three games a year where at wembley stadium and next season there will be four but as for london based teams in the n.f.l. don't hold your breath they have shown passion. they have. shown the same type of knowledge and interest in our game that we we experience right here in the united states i think the issue for still is can we do this competitively for the team that is based in london but also for the other thirty one clubs. that involve scheduling involves a lot of other matters that you don't want to compromise to we can get comfortable with that i don't think will be necessarily n.f.l. ready in london. quick reminder now the top stories we're following for you here at w. german lawmakers have held a commemoration cer

printing machine maker is intensifying the corporation with its chinese anchor investor master work group boston burke is buying a large chunk of hyderabad that's what machine is shares they are going to have a large corporation in terms of sales worldwide and the news push title bag machine and the share price up nearly twenty percent today mark this is the german pharmaceutical company merck announced a corporation with ten cents the large high tech for in china they are going to work in order to have health services installed in china obviously what's not a problem there is that we're talking data business they're very sensitive but not a problem for merck and ten cent. good news for merck and how about holder's there from congo a boost. in frankfurt thank you. mexico's president has announced a series of social programs for poor communities which he says will stop people from stealing fuel fuel theft is a common problem in mexico and dozens of people were killed in a pipeline explosion last week. this was the aftermath of last week's deadly explosion in the state of pitt algo in central mexi

at a time when autocratic strong men dominate the world's political stage this year's davos gives boston r.-o. an air of legitimacy. and we'll have of course more coverage of the world's economic forum in davos throughout the day including the appearance of the german chancellor angela merkel will address the forum in a keynote speech later today. now it has turned chilly here in berlin in recent days but not quite as truly as in the northeast united states a winter storm there has taken temperatures down to minus twenty five degrees celsius and transformed the niagara falls into an icy spectacle a majestic waterfalls of partially frozen over providing a stunning sight for visitors. you're watching t.w. news coming to you live from berlin we have more coming at the top of the hour in the meantime you can always check our web site for all the latest news and information around the clock that is v w dot com for now thanks for watching for ever to. the wrong strange. it's a highly controversial business. when there are a multi-billion dollar industry then made to destroy and protect. i'm fa

robotic arms and the one that is most promising maybe is the one we saw in the animation just now it in boston apt is much like a fishing net so we would shoot up a satellite into orbit which would deploy and that catching bigger parts and dragging them to our own into the earth's atmosphere were. in a controlled manner and how much at risk be from space junk well we are at risk because there's about seven hundred fifty thousand objects orbiting space earth right now and they are all larger than one centimeter so one centimeter doesn't seem like much just much like a coffee bean but if this hits you with the average speed of forty thousand kilometers per second it can do some real damage the same damage to the hand grenade would do so it would break satellites would break down obviously it would affect world markets g.p.s. wooden wouldn't work anymore where the four cars wouldn't be possible and even people at home would be effective because they couldn't watch a life broadcast like this one anymore and that of course would not be good for us but you know it sounds attractive is potentially ve

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of an auto now this move comes after their title challenge fell apart last season with germany's to boston federal settling for second place or even been a taking over at the end of two thousand and fourteen but failing to secure a title for ferrari who last won the f one drivers championship in two thousand and seven the team looked on track to end the drought in the first half of twenty teens but a series of errors led to fettle losing the crown to lewis hamilton of mercy it's. good our business was christophe now and one of the world's biggest auto executives has had his say in court brian and former nissan boss caro's golan insists he is innocent and a hearing in a tokyo court mr goen said he has been wrongly accused and unfairly detained it was his first public appearance since his arrest in november carlos ghosn faces on occasions of financial impropriety including tax avoidance and on to declaring his salary and documents investors he calls the accusations against america mr gold is credited with turning around carmakers run zero in the sun and creating a successful three way allian

director materia been also this move comes after their title challenge fell apart last year with germany's boston federal settling for second place or even a bandaid took over of the end of twenty four team but failed to secure a title for ferrari last won the f one drivers championship back in two thousand and seven the scene looked on track to end the drought in the first half of twenty team but a series of errors let the federal losing the crown to lewis hamilton proceed. to football's asian cup now and around dealt yemen five no defeat on monday the rain ians are looking to end their forty three year title dry. out some of their main rivals look pretty shaky china barely avoided a major set up clawing their way back against debutantes kyrgyzstan a late goal sealed a two one victory for the chinese term in favor of south korea all they were made to sweat in their opener against the philippines but their resilience finally paying off the game's only goal from we go. over to christophe now at the los vegas tech show while you can leave the driving to the robot i guess that's right friends of dri