taken on the drama all the time among his many official fights. has been following the coronation of bangkok she spoke to us about the challenges facing the new king s reign huge crowds are taking to the streets over the past few days to watch history in the making thousands break the baking heat for hours on end on sunday to catch a glimpse of the king as he was carried through the streets of bangkok dressed in a sea of yellow as a mark of respect people chanting long live the king after he costs after all this is the first time most people here have witnessed the coronation of the thai king in their lifetimes thoughts behind the celebrations this is a type time in thai politics once the festivities are over the focus will again tend to much as disputed elections with the results still unclear. that s a fact of ammo stories on our website did up a dot on forward slash and be sure to check us out on facebook as well. really even
thousands of people are protesting against the malaysian prime minister demanding that he resign. malaysians have been rallying all weekend in the capital city and elsewhere across the country. the prime minister is accused of taking $700 million from a state fund. he denies any wrongdoing. we are learning more about the man arrested in connection with the deadly bombing blast in bangkok earlier this month. thai police believe he is part of a group that carried out that attack and another bombing in the city the following day. our reporter has details of the arrest. police teams have been at this apartment building in the suburbs of bangkok since late saturday. dozens of members of the military, now in charge of thailand s government. police officers and forensic teams have been collecting
the man they say they are now sure is the bomber. apart from the early breakthrough when they identified the man they think is the bomber, there has been very little else solid and concrete. they actually ruled out two other suspects they thought were initially accomplices. they are now saying that the network that was used maybe more than ten people. frustrating for the police and very frustrating and worrying for the people of bangkok. andrew stevens, cnn, bangkok. thank you, andrew. breaking overnight. emergency workers in china racing to put out four new fires at the site of last week s deadly chemical warehouse blast in the northern port city of tianjin. this as the investigators say high levels of dangerous chemicals remain at the site. water tests show high levels of sodium cyanide, an extremely toxic chemical that can kill humans rapidly.
international terrorism. they have been talking to interpol and sharing information with security agencies in the u.s., the uk, and australia, and the consensus opinion is it is not an international conspiracy which brings the focus at least somewhat back onto domestic issues, and they say they re not ruling anything out at this stage. they ve, meanwhile, increased the reward for any information leading to the arrest of the man in the yellow shirt, the man they say they re now very sure is the bomber. apart from the early break through when they identified the man they think is the bomber, there s been very little else solid and concrete. they ve actually ruled out two other suspects they thought were initially accomplices, and they re now saying that the network that was used may be more than ten people. very frustrating for the police, but also very frustrating and also very worrying for the people of bangkok. andrew stevens, thanks.
for the people of bangkok. andrew stevens, cnn, bangkok. andrew, thank you. breaking overnight. emergency workers in china racing to put out fires at the site of the chemical blast in the northern city of tianjin. china state run news agency says one ignition point came from an auto distribution point near the blast site. look at the photos. this as high levels of dangerous chemicals remain on the site. water tests show high levels of sodium cyanide. a toxic chemical that can kill humans rapidly. the contaminated water is contained around the blast zone. the explosion killed more than 100 people. breaking overnight. north korea readying its troops and threatening war after change fire with south korea. we are live with the new tensions ahead.