prime minister thaksin shinawatra. the winning candidate, and their party will have to grapple with a slew of domestic issues including polarised politics and a slowing economy. for more on this, i spoke to syetarn hansakul of the economist intelligence unit, who told me thailand is slowly recovering from the pandemic. economic situation has improved from last year. it is in the middle of a cyclical rebound because coming out of the pandemic recession a bit later than others, but finally, after the country reopened in late 2022, the tourism sector, which has been a key part of the country s gdp, is recovering slowly. that is helping to improve jobs and income, and we are seeing the rebound unfolding. but having said that, there are plenty of structural issues that are hurting thailand s long term competitiveness, and that is something the new government will need to look into and correct. what is your outlook for growth this year in thailand and next? the economy will proba
the proud boys as they marched towards their target. they are right wing nationalists who believe the united states is being betrayed by internal enemies and an overbearing government. on the day, the proud boys were tight lipped. but we ve seen thousands of hours of evidence of exactly what was going on that day. this is ethan nordean, one of the leaders of the proud boys, along with us army veteran joseph biggs in the checked shirt and zach rehl on the left in the cap. they ve been convicted for leading the capitol insurrection. also convicted of seditious conspiracy is proud boys chairman enrique tarrio. he wasn t at the capitol that day, having been arrested on another charge two days previously. much of the evidence came from this man, another leader, charles donohoe, who pled guilty and cooperated with the authorities. taking our country back. but despite all the evidence shown in court, over 1,000 people have now been prosecuted, january the 6th is still very much cont
fascinating snapshot of business. we will start with the economy, where it recorded a growth of 0.01%. they fell by 0.8%, underscoring the impact of the ongoing strikes on the cost of living crisis. hardly booming, but a far cry from the record breaking recession that the bank of england was protecting six months ago. on thursday, they announce a major rethink of its forecast, said the uk will avoid going into recession. the bank also raised its main interest rate again by .25%, but is why it sets. it is the 12th right in a row and puts the cost of borrowing at around a 15 year high. areal cost of borrowing at around a 15 year high. area i spoke to stephen nolan, a lecturer at liverpool in economics, and asked him why the uk is lagging behind the other common needs. . . , is lagging behind the other common needs. . ., , ., needs. there are a number of factors, needs. there are a number of factors. but needs. there are a number of factors, but when needs. there are a numbe
studies showing emergency visits to the e.r. go up on days like this. how dangerous is it really to be breathing this air in? well, erin, thanks so much for having me on the show. this is an extraordinary event. those of us who study this topic, study particles and the health effects, the health limits about 12 microgram per cubic meter. we get excited if we see 50 or 100. it hit 700 today. that s like the worst air pollution day in beijing. that s like you can t see down the end of the runway. never seen anything like this. i m from new york, too. and when these events happen, certainly people are experiencing things like headaches and eye irritation. but we also know we re going to see an uptick in emergency department visits. we see this every time there s a wildfire, smoke event. they will be admitted for respiratory disease, copd, and asthma attacks. i ll put a number on it, there was a recent study that showed
has always been a problem on the underground. once tube of lovers, as they were then known, clean the tracks. in the debris is also a fire hazard. the dusty slides are the central and bake alone. now research is being done into the health impact of the dust. tfl says the levels of iron oxide are within current health limits and air quality on the tube is not harmful. tfl says results from research will be known sometime this year and also wants to use new technologies to clean the tube s air, but at the moment it says these track cleaners will help keep dust levels down.