A man was pictured at the scene in bangkok before the explosion. First we have this report from bangkok. Picking up the pieces, this is a shopping district in bangkok that has seen dramatic political conflict before, but nothing like this. Dozens were killed here on monday, among them victims from malaysia, china, hong kong and sing pouring. Many more were injured. It was away attack apparently designed to kill as many people as possible at a high profile target, the shrine. The government acting urgently to restore security for the public and tourists. The ongoing attempts at destruction might be politically motivated, targeting the economy, tourism or for whatever reason. The government will work to find them and bring justice to any networks involved as soon as possible. This dash cam footage shows the moment the bomb went off. Five kilograms of military grade explosives that sources have told al jazeera was deliberately detonated. Within hours of the blast, the military run government was blaming its political enemy misthat now its asking the country to unite and stay calm. We would like to once a day assure the public that right now, look at what happened after this, what happened is bygones be bygones, but the government make sure everyone is well looked after. Within an hour of that speech, this happened at the main pier for river vans port, another high profile tourist target. The grenade landed in the water and no one was injured. Back at the shrine, things are slowly getting back to normal. The roads have been reopened, but this is as close as we can get to the some ryan itself. Security has been tightened as promised, but we have seen forensic teams try to get to the bottom of how and why this brutal attack happened. Thai authorities wont say house theyll announce the results of their investigation. Al jazeera, bangkok. Just on 8 00 p. M. In bangkok, we join our correspondent, wayne haye. Are police saying this is a person of interest or that they rock ken that is their guy . The initial comment came from the Prime Minister earlier on tuesday, sake that the person in that video footage seen leaving behind a bag moments before that blast could be a suspect. Now weve heard from a Police Spokesman who has gone a step further saying that he is no longer simply a person of interest, that is the bomber. Weve seen comments from a government spokesman not going quite as far as the police are, but the statement from police show they believe this is the man who is responsible for the explosion. Tell us what it is like today, the day after. I School Security has been stepped up and that people are pretty much on edge there. Well, yeah, a strange feeling, certainly people on edge as night has fallen now. Weve just gone 25 hours since that blast occurred at the shrine. Theres definitely a dealing in the area, it is very quiet this evening. There certainly was a lot of police and military presence first and tuesday morning, leading up to lunch time when the road reopened. They were still busy collecting evidence as you saw in veronicas piece there. As far as visible sign of increased security, we havent seen too much. That may become more clear in the days ahead as concern grows that there could be more attacks. I was going to ask about the next to you days and the government reaction to it. People feel that the government has stepped up quickly enough that theyre doing Everything Possible to stop something happening. I think there is a sense from the military, the government that is in power at the moment, that they would like to find someone responsible for these attacks extremely quickly. It was a very quick statement from the Police Spokesman saying that he believes that this man is the bomber and we havent even gone through the pros, they havent caught the guy yet. Hes said that there may be more than one person involved. There was also speculation coming out that this was a foreigner, the man caught in this Security Camera footage, the Police Spokesman now saying that he believes that the people involved in this are thais. Some mixed messages coming out from the various government agencies. Hopefully well seear clarity in the days ahead. To other news in sri lankas alliance, the poll that pitted the Prime Minister against the president was hoping to that i can some political comeback. Tell us about the results that have come through and what theyre indicating. The results that weve heard essentially puts the Ruling United National Front appliance ahead of the party and Partnership Coalition of the former president. It is still a very close race. Were talking three or just around three percentage points, the difference between these two groups at the moment. Now, we are still waiting on a final election result. We have started hearing the result of prefer she will board, the system here in sri lanka, you vote for the party and you have a preference vote that you cast for each candidate. Those results, in terms of how many parties would have in the legislature we hope to be hearing fairly soon. This surely has to be the end of the political road for him. He was ousted, he couldnt win election as president. He cant win election as Prime Minister, it seems, either. Has he said anything about his future . Essentially in the early hours of this morning, when hardly, you know, a big proportion of results had come out, we did hear reports that he had accepted that he would not be forming a new government here in sri lanka. It is quoted that he is saying that his dreams of becoming the Prime Minister had faded. Later on, there seemed to be backtracking by the camp because there was a certain amount of uncertainty rewarding the result, but generally speaking, it does seem after the second defeat that the fortunes of rajapaksa are beginning to take a tumble. Lets talk about the people. Its people who voted in this election. I wonder if its stability for the country, ongoing stability after so many years of upheaval in sri lanka. Thats right. I mean, people we spoke to during the course of voting yesterday both after and before they cast their ballot essentially talking about the need for the country to get back on to an even keel. Now there had been obviously continuity, he was president for 10 years. There has been increasing allegations of authoritarianism, which dogged his regime and his rule. This vote, in fact the Prime Minister in a Statement Issued earlier today did comment that the results were very much a consolidation of the revolution of change, that his alliance hat broad in january. It is hoped to continue along that path and that they can get on with the business of government and good governance. Thank you, live in colombo for us. There is plenty more ahead in this news hour. From the rooftops of rimadi, trying to take back the city is a slow and tough battle. Reporting from south africa on how difficult it is for a disabled child to get an education. In sport, a Major League Baseball suffered the nasty strike. The details are coming up a little later. All parties in yemens civil war have displayed a flagrant disregard for civilian life according to amnesty international. Both the Saudiled Coalition and fighters on the ground of accused of leaving a trail of destruction which may amount to war crimes. More than 4,000 people have been kid in yemen, half civilians. Houthi rebels and anti houthi armed groups have routinely launched attacks in residential areas. Sawed Coalition Airstrikes have hit civilian areas where there is often no military target nearby. The armed groups on the ground are launching attacks in civilian areas. Now the anti houthi fighters are operating out of civilian areas. They lunch these attacks. We looked into eight different airstrikes just around taiz and aden and north of aden and these attacks could amount to war crimes, because the problem with the airstrikes is they dont seem to differentiate between civilians objects and military objects. Its not quite clear what were the objectives of targeting things such as mosques, schools, and markets. For example, we visited one school, where families of internally displaced people were living and trying to escape the conflict. That very school they were sheltering, that was targeted by Saudiled Coalition airstrikes. There is no military objective as far as we can see near the school. It is not clear why it was targeted. We heard from a political and security analyst based in saudi arabia. He said said the report is biased against saudi arabia, which is leading the Coalition Airstrikes. What was amnesty need to spend more time on the ground. I think it was on the ground when these strikes were happening. Its not enough. They cannot make these assessments from sitting in the United Kingdom and the am mess city, they should actually make these same reports that they are accusing the Saudiled Coalition by doing this, killing innocent women and children, they must in this interview, were talking saudi and talking about yemen. Would you welcome United Nations International Commission of inquiry if you admit these are simply mistakes. Saudi arabia and the coalition, they are welcome, the United Nation are part of this dome and work under this approval and with the international community. There is no doubt that saudi arabia would work with the United Nations, would work with the am mess city to define and prove the houthis are responsible for killing those innocent people. It is not saudi arabia and the coalition party. The United Nations Security Council has given unanimous support to a plan to get peace talks done in syria. All 16 members approved a statement that paves the way for a special envoy to progress with his plan to find a political solution to the conflict. Inside syria, more airstrikes were launched near damascus. On sunday, more than 100 were killed at a bombing in a marketplace, one of the worst since the war began more than four years ago. The arab league is holding a meeting in cairo to discuss the crisis in the libyan city of sirte. The meeting was requested by libyas internationally recognized government in tobruk. It said only airstrikes from arab states can prevent a full takeover of sirte, which it largely controlled since may. Canceling the contract of some government advisors. Not sure how many would lose their jobs as a result of al abadis decision. Speakers will be limited to five advisors each in sweeping reforms announced last week to reduce corruption and to cut spending. Le Iraqi Government is in the just facing Major Political upheaval, its fighting the war against isil. There is skepticism about how well the battle is going. On the front lines, isil is battled one shot at a time. Despite the governments promises to recapture ramadi quickly, the battle so far has been slow. While the Defense Ministry insist things are going well and has moved on to phase two of its strategy, part of the larger anbar offensive, some analysts are skeptical. I believe isil in rimadi is still strong and the joint iraqi forces are still weak. They havent been able to end that organization in the 70 days since the start of the anbar offensive. The Defense Ministry maintains its Security Forces are fighting as effectively as possible, but decency like this with a shoulder rocket propel grenade larger is made popular by the forces seem to maintain a question of how well armed they are. The struggled leave most fighters worn out. These days, the Government Faces crises, one on the battlefield, the other in the court of public opinion. Tens of thousands of fed up iraqis continued demonstrating against corruption and demanding a surgeon of basic services, including electricity and air conditioning. Iraqs Prime Minister abaddi and its parliament passed sweeping reform measures, but many iraqis say that is not near enough. Protestors vowed to keep coming out into the streets no matter how hot it gets and how long it takes. Many say its actions and not worst that ultimately count. It seems like the list and decrees and radicalization of these proposals by the government is like ink on paper. They are waiting for implementation of these reforms. If no action is taken, the protests will develop. Abaddi said he will Court Martial officers who abandoned ramadi in april. Its not clear what effect that will have on these weary fighters and a wary public. Al jazeera, baghdad. Lets go to london and talk to the director of the expertise foundation. What do you make of whats going on in anbar at the moment . The government is talking about moving into the second phase. Certainly our report would suggest otherwise. Whats happening in anbar is something normal whats happening in all of iraq. We have two fronts, isil and the other fronts there is not one front against isil its supposed to be the government, the Political Parties and the iraqi, the people of iraq. The people of iraq said we need to remake huge reformation for our internal situation, which means that fighting corruption, get rid of the corrupted persons inside the cabinet and so on. Now, abadi made his actions by making reforming actions, reforming details on his cabinet and also outside his cabinet, outside his authority. On the sum of all whats happening is that the other front actually it is not unified. They have so many differences, especially on the corruption issue, especially on the ethnic issue. Its supposed to be now for abaddi to do his best to change things inside the whole iraqi state, which means that until now, he didnt manage to get rid of his corrupted ministers. What he has done with replacing ministers and changing things, do you believe this is going to be useful in the fight against isil, is it just cosmetic, doing it for the sake of it . What genuine impact will it have on iraq . Until now, its only on economical base. Its not Going Forward for the political base. Why economical base . Because iraq has a crise, a huge economy crise, and the army, the militia, name it as you want, who are fighting isil need money for the weapons and also for the mission. Whats happening now is that we are all seeing economical reforming, not political reforming, because little the base, it is the effect on this front. Before two days, there is a report, mosul report about what is happening after one year after attacking of isil and attacking mosul. The first one he accuses is mr. Maliki. Thats right. The cabinet headed by al abadi makes the accusation, the first one is maliki going to the court and making as an example of whats happening in the whole year of the invasion of isil to the iraqi territory. Bottom line, all these issues which iraq has, internal problems, corruption problems, isil problems, all these, can iraq do this on its own . Im not suggesting that forces come back in or Something Like that, but can it fix these problems on its own . I dont think so. It needs the help from everyone, from this the regional countries, from the international community, actually, and frankly speaking, i think the best way to fight isil now with whats happening on the iraqi situation on the other front, on the governmental front is the help of the americans on the land, on the ground. Isil until now, its strong and the iraqi forces, militia, iraqi army, Security Forces cannot really doing the actual action, because they dont have a real airstrikes. They cannot manage to get in war for a long period, because it will make the economical crisis more base. It will not make advantage for isil. We thank you for your time and thoughts today. You are most welcome. Search crews in indonesia have found the black box and recovered all bodies from the plane that card in papua on sunday, carrying 54 people, including five crew when it went down 10 minutes before landing in the remote settlement. Bodies have had to be transported by helicopter because of the remoteness of the site. Bad weather hampered recovery efforts. The head of chinas top work safety wash dog is under investigation following last weeks explosions which killed 114 people. They gathered oh remember the victims of the blast. Firefighters and police were among the mourners who held a moment of silence for those victims. Seventy other people, mostly firefighters are still missing six days after the disaster. Those blasts originated as a warehouse used to store highly toxic sodium cyanide. The worlds firstever fully solar powered airport has been launched in southern india. The solar panels not only provide enough energy to run the airport, but also feeds the state grid. The airport is no one for its temple like architecture and being the fourth largest airport in terms of international traffic. Ask anyone about its latest environmental breakthrough using solar energy and this is the reaction youll get . [ laughter ] im still laughing. Youre serious. Wow. Im very surprised. Im very happy for the indian people. Even the man behind the idea was unaware what he was doing was unique. The project took six months to set up and cost 10 million. The airport expects to recoup all costs within five years. Next to the airport in an area for a proposed cargo terminal are more than 46,000 solar panels. The 12megawatt plant will provide 50,000 units a day to cover all the airports electricity needs. The Carbon Footprint goes down. Very good. This is to be practiced in almost all places. The solar panels are expected to last 25 years and will cut 300 metric tons of carbon emissions, the equivalent of planting 3 million trees. This false in line with government targets to increase solar power by five times by 2022. India is heavily reliant on coal and is the worlds Third Largest polluter. The government plans to invest 100 billion into the solar sector. The government is hailing this as a model for the rest of the country and has directed other airports to start incorporating solar energy into their daily operations. Al jazeera. Its a very good thing, isnt it . Why not solar plate, why didnt they bring that in . There are other sites in asia that could have solar powered airports. You have one risk im not sure you can cope with, typhoons and we have two in this megayear, two biggies. One were going to focus on, this one thats been moving quickest. This is most likely to head for the on to taiwan. These are the details. The track it takes is fairly well agreed. One agency takes it to the south of the island, then the chinese mainland. It may well slow down and grind and bruce a lot of rain. As you know, rain is the often most damaging thing, particularly in taiwan, because must have had slides are the worst things you can have. These are three. Top. 6 meters of rain. Compared to damage, eight deaths in the law notify a Million Pounds are dollars worth of damage, a little less, but as you know, the worst could still be to come as it grinds for hours and hours. Back to you. Thank you for that. Human rights watch said half a million children have been shut out of the Education System in south africa because theyre disabled. Some parents have had trouble convincing students to enroll children if they have difficulties. Its really difficult to get her son to concentrate. He was expelled from school two years ago, because of his learning disability. They are not going to teach him, because he is not like other children. The only school that would accept him is a special one for disabled children, but he can only start next year, once the government grant to pay for transport comes through. Shes also being helped by a group, but while her sons got a chance at getting an education, its too late for another child, because now hes too old. He was forced out of school eight years ago. Half of a million disabled children are being excluded from school. The government said it has a Development Goal of providing primary education to all South African children. This is the news hour on al jazeera, still to come, one stifled stigma, heroin addicts are offered a different kind of help for their habit. Juggling circus duties with real life in ethiopia. The fight for College Athletes to be paid in the United States suffers a receivedback. Sri lankas early results from parliamentary elections. All sides fighting in yemen saying a wonton disregard for civilians and that war crimes may have been committed. Royal dutch shell is given the final permit for drill in the arctic ocean. Shell will be free to drill 3,000 meters below the ocean floor for the First Time Since 1991. The roof is controversial, because there are rich reserves, 26 billionbarrels of accessible ill is there. Lets talk to director of the Energy Program for the group joining us from washington, d. C. Thank you for your time. So many things i can think to talk about here, not even including the environmental side. All the talk is getting away from Oil Dependency and now they are going to drill for it. That is the curious aspect of the Obamas Administration approval of this drilling permit is why at the same time that the administration has touted the importance of addressing Climate Change and the ability of the u. S. Economy to produce more Renewable Energy and invest in energy efficiency, why are we undertaking this incredibly risky Oil Exploration projects up in the arctic, and it has to be viewed through the lens of the 2010 b. P. Deep water horizon spill in the gulf of mexico, and of course i have the has to be looked through the lens of shells problems of getting this exploratory well together over the last several years. Theyve been beset by a number of challenges, all related to the technical and engineering challenges associated with arctic exploration. When you bring in an issue like deep water horizon, is that the risk you are talking about that something could happen and there wont be enough oversight, there wont be enough to get to the place to do something about it, that sort of thing . Correct. Anytime that youve got a blowout at the bottom of the ocean, particularly in the arctic environment, there are unique challenges. The approval by the Obama Administration yesterday was contingent on the arrival of an ice breaker that has capping equipment designed to contain an undersea blowout in the arctic. The fact of the matter is that we dont really understand if this has been fully tested in a real life environment in the arctic. Theres only one other active Oil Producing well in the arctic thats by the russians. There are a number of other exploratory well by the nor weekens and this one here, but the fact is there are a lot of variables that can go wrong in a tough climate like the arctic and if something goes wrong there, this is a as her Sensitive Habitat that could have even greater risk of danger than what we saw in the gulf of mexico. Ok. Theres another thing im thinking of if i can put on the economic hat for a moment. Its not like this comes on line tomorrow, but we have a glut of oil, shale oil has become a big thing in the United States, pushing the price of oil down, and now they are going drilling for more oil. Some of that was explained in march of this year when the c. E. O. Of exxonmobil, who chairs an Advisory Committee to the u. S. Department of energy released a report saying that onshore fracking in the United States is going to peak in about a decade, because well depletion rates are very significant. He said we need to start exploring in the arctic now because its going to take about a decade for wells like what shell is drilling for to come on. Thats what theyre thinking, but the issue here is that a big investment in Arctic Oil Development comes with enormous risks. Its very expensive. It has huge environmental risks and the question is shouldnt we be focusing instead over the next decade of developing alternative fuels and the electrification of the sect tour. Those are more sustainable in the long run. Very interesting talking to you, thank you for your time today. South koreas government is trying to export its policing techniques and equipment in the same way it has entertainment. This hasnt come without controversy. Protest is almost part of the d. N. A. Seems this rallying against the handling of the ferry disaster are a regular feature of life in downtown seoul, as is the Police Tactics in response, i am penetratable barriers and keeping protestors to designate areas. Its a far cry from 20 years ago. The use of tear gas is banned. The watch word, no casualties. In the past, there was direct physical confrontation between protestors and the police, resulting in casualties. Now thanks to the installation of things like eco walls, this has been prevented. Its a transformation that police say reflects huge advantage elsewhere, in battling psycher crime and improving d. N. A. Investigation, all worthy of promotion over seas in the whats called the k police wave, part of the national barb. This is just one element of the techniques that they are exporting to other countries. This kind of crowd control is probably the most controversial of that entire program. Protests end up becoming just for those inside the walls. Citizens outside the police walls feel separate and think that those people inside are different from them. The nature of protest is openness, but the walls hinder communication. The police university, colombian officers are trained in cyber crime techniques. Ings changes with other countries shares expertise. They admit for partners, particularly middle eastern ones, the greatest somebody is tactics for maintaining public order. Guns or chemicals were used in the past in the middle east. I dont have precise knowledge, but the contest of human rights is rising. As such, countries recognize that their techniques are not appropriate and seek more humane ones which could stop people getting hurt. At home, it happen praise for nonviolence and criticism in the unbending way protest is stifled. The k police wave is likely to break on foreign shores. Al jazeera, seoul. The u. S. Government is changing tactics in its fight against drug addiction. Fatal heroin overdoses in the u. S. Have grad roomed. Now that its being prosecuted. They are going to get help. Nowhere in the u. S. Is the drug problem more severe than in the state of massachusetts. Opioid abuse is stealing the livelihood of our children, siblings, our parents, relatives and friends one person at a time. This year on average, more than two people a day have died from apparent heroin overdoses. In the fishing port of gloucester, it is called a playing. Since seventh grade, i started smoking weed, drinking all the time, by 10th grade, im doing heroin. State officials are giving top priority to the problem but after filling prisons with addicts, they are shifting to a different approach. We are not going to arrest or in cars rate our way out of this. This is a disease. This is a Public Health crisis, and we must treat it and address it as such. Unity governmenter, the police chief that taken the most radical step by promising tickets who turn in drugs immediate treatment without punishment. We dont believe in hiding it. The more rereduce the stigma, we believe the more we get people involved, the less problem we are going to have. More than 100 people have taken up the amnesty offer in three months. Massachusetts has authorized emergency First Responders to prevent addict death administering narcan. It can reverse the effects of heroin within minutes. Its completely benign. The only function is to reverse narcotic overdose. They can whack in and get far con without prescription coverage, paid for bit police. Such initiatives are encouraged by the Obama Administration, butted adding is slow backing it up with money. The administration wants more money, congress is saying were going to live within some caps, so if we dont get this resolved, were going to see more people dying, more struggling with addiction, more getting hepatitis c. America has a way to go before admitting its bigger drug problem is one of demand, not supply. Still ahead, in a city turned lush and leafy, citizens grow a solution with healthy food. Millions of dollars in prize money goes on the line later as teams look to book their spot in the group stages of the Champions League. Three time european champions united reached the finals last season and werent intimidated. The first leg playoffs on tuesday. Advancing to the group stages of the Champions League presents a lucrative opportunity for the teams involved. An additional 2. 2 million for winning the playoffs. Any further progression in the tournament attracts even greater prize money. Then there is it is additional millions that comes from ticket sales, Champions League merchandise and sponsorship. During the second set, he was serving so quickly that they didnt have time to get into position. It was suggested he had a tee time booked to play golf. Thats it for me. Thank you for coming back to sit with me. Not so lonely now. The richest country in the world has a they mom no one with dude deserts, areas without access to vegetables. Some are planting seeds for a healthier future. For many people, gardening is a passion, a chance to get your hand dirty and watch the seeds you sew grow and mature. Here in the mississippi delta, this urban gardening is proving to be a vital lifeline. Dorothy used to be a nurse, but when she realized that fresh food was in short supply, she founded a Community Garden. Its a Career Change she doesnt regret. I know im preventing someone in the long run from having to go to the hospital, so im still doing health care on this end. He was reluctant to do it, but as i see families are coming and serving i have the and i get comments from families, i know that what im doing is not in vain. At many of the delta schools, strides are being made to give children healthier males. Mississippi has some of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in the u. S. , but its hoped this farm to School Program will help that. We do a lot with what we do have. Im very proud of that. Im proud of the suction of our program here in mississippi. Its not just the deltas Younger Generation that are returning the benefits of a better diet. She tends her small garden every day, and says her efforts are about more than just health. I can actually plant a seed and watch it grow from a sprout to actually bearing something that i can eat, that i can save money for that i dont have to buy that product from the store, i can focus on Something Else as far as insurance and medicine, and other things like that. The mississippi dealt tase one of the u. S. s poorest regions and food deserts provide access to healthy produce through these farms. The eventual plan for this Community Garden is to turn this into a Farmers Market to be held twice a week. When theyve done that in the past, the fresh food has sold out in minutes. This region has long been neglect and challenges remain. Through the efforts of a dedicated few, its future now looks a little healthier. Al jazeera in the mississippi delta. Thats the news hour, were back with the latest headlines and more in just a moment. This the thai bomber . Cctv video reds of the suspect just before the last blast. This is al jazeera live from doha. Also ahead, turkeys Prime Minister says hes exhausted all efforts to form a coalition. New elections look likely. Amnesty accuses all sides in yemens civil war, leaving a bloody trail of civilian deaths which may amount to war crimes
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