with crystal clear water and tropical temperatures it's not hard to see why my abate is one of thailand's most popular beaches but the $2500000.00 tourists which visit it shores each year have taken a major toll on fish and coral native to the bay. killing much of the reef and the local ecosystem and that depends on it now the thai government has closed the bay for 2 years to clean the beach while local marine biologists work to restore the damage ecosystem. and that closure is also taking its toll on locals who depend on tourist dollars to feed their families. we would have thought that it's really affected us since the island is closed down maia bay is the heart and stomach of us all. the island needs to close down for rejuvenation. course it's affected my income i would like my baby to reopen so that our boat service communities can resume their work and earn again was. when my m.b.a. is reopened the trash may be gone but it will likely take decades for the ecosystem to recover. business thank so from me and the team and. to get a. menace in the truth. the biggest development since the

counting has finished in thailand's general election twenty seven different parties were awarded seats in parliament with no single party winning an overall majority but the anti military opposition campus won the most seats the poor thai party associated with fugitive former prime minister attacks in shinawatra tops the field by winning one hundred thirty six constituencies. britain's prince harry and meghan the duke and duchess of sussex have named the new bond son archie harrison mountbatten windsor the couple's first child was born on monday archie is seventh in line to the british throne. this is africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes with the military still holding on to pods that we need to graffitti artist who is honoring those who lost their lives in the fight for freedom. and south africans vote in the most apartheid general elections to find out what people want on the next government. and other we'll have a woman breaking into the milk industry truck driving. the market you know you're welcome to the program the people of sudan have succeeded in removing a long term d

since china halted imports of plastic within 2017 southeast asian countries like malaysia vietnam and thailand have taken over a big chunk of the global plastics recycling trade but the flow of plastic west from wealthy nations around the world is proving too much to handle last october malaysia banned the import of non-recyclable plastic rubbish now it says it will start sending all the plastic west imports back to where they came from. we are here to urge the developed countries to also revealed that management of plastic waste and stop shipping garbage out to the developing countries if the sheep to malaysia we will return it back we doubtless please this inspection of port klang uncovered more than 450 tons of illegally imported plastic waste packed tightly into 10 containers that came from as far afield as astray or bangladesh canada china japan saudi arabia and the us wherever this waste eventually ends up the chances are it will simply be added to the world's plastic trash heap just 9 percent of the plastic produced between 19502050 in that 65 years has been properly recycled. and final

in the meantime more and more rice from thailand vietnam and india is offered on the market this brings prices down and small farmers like the one are forced to sell their harvests at a loss. of all farmers like me are being driven deeper into poverty the low buying price of our harvest isn't enough to pay back our loans. only rice from abroad can supply the population sufficiently that's what the government says in addition the greater supply will make grain more affordable but that could become a problem in the long run according to the representative of the local agricultural authority. i'm not minimizing it but a long has had a huge impact on local farmers their usual earnings of 800000 pesos protect there are down now 250000 of them that will see pharma shifting from rice to other high value crops like onions and carrots to survive local rice production will decrease and our dependency on imported rice will increase rice exporting countries can take advantage of that and raise their prices in the end the price of rice for consumers will go up but we don't. margery don't no one toge

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the 30 year old male elephant lives in chiang mai the northern province of thailand. here tourists can ride elephants and admire their acrobatics yet many animal welfare organizations are convinced that young elephants in captivity are subjected to a whole procedure to make them tame. the management of the elephant camp would rather not talk about whether ning and his fellow elephants have been tortured in this way . it's early in the morning just after 7 o'clock is restless maybe the bull elephant is waiting for his working day to finally begin but maybe he just wants to break free of the chain which keeps him tethered to his sleeping area every night. for sarah pac chemistry the vet at the camp there is no cause for concern either way. i think with a half a problem with hossa.

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flight from thailand british prime minister teresa mayes urged to drop plans for a 4th votes on the back seat deal she announced on tuesday as a new deal the opposition has already rejected it as have many within the party also on the program. violence on fatalities in indonesia as protesters refuse to accept the outcome of the presidential election a flares on fireworks continue into the night after supporters of the unsuccessful candidates clashed with security forces.

six weeks after an election in thailand which was supposed to return the country from military to civilian rule official results have been announced giving no party a majority in the 500 seat parliament. and football is trending on bbc.com. it was an incredible second night of drama in the champions league semi—finals, with tottenham hotspur snatching last minute victory from ajax. lucas moura scored three goals for his team against a devastated ajax. spurs will play liverpool in the final. that's all. stay with bbc news. and the top story in the uk: theresa may has rejected calls to set out a precise timetable for her departure — amid mounting pressure on her leadership. one conservative backbencher urged her to resign during prime minister's questions. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report. tradable retaliation as talks are to resume china says it will hit back if the us hikes tariffs on friday —— trawool. uber strikes. drivers take industrial action on the eve of its multi— million—dollar stock market debut. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm