Thailand

We talk to a cave rescue expert who explains the strategies being employed and the challenges the rescue team in Thailand is facing; at least 100 people are thought to have died after record rainfall caused flooding and landslides in western Japan; with Amazon falling under criticism for selling their face recognition technology to law enforcement, we speak with a developer who refuses to sell his technology to authorities; a look at the backstory of yet another all European World Cup semi-finals; a discussion about the landmark ruling in Tennessee; exploring how the new citizenship question will play out in upcoming weeks; and on the 150th anniversary of the ratifying of the Fourteenth Amendment, one historian says the story of the amendment is one of African American activism.

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President Trump’s pick to serve as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency Gina Haspel faces a challenging confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee today. Haspel has worked at the C.I.A. for 33 years, almost all of those years entirely undercover. Opponents of Haspel’s nomination are concerned about her role in the C.I.A.’s use of controversial interrogation techniques of terrorism suspects that are widely considered to be torture. The Takeaway profiles Haspel alongside her Senate confirmation hearing. Plus, we do a deep dive into the nature of wealth in order to understand what it means to be ‘elite’ in America; and we examine the implications of withdrawing from the Iran deal.

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China’s rise has thrown new challenges at Southeast Asia — how to find strength in numbers to counter China’s economic clout, and political and military muscle. One solution? The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has started a new ASEAN Economic Community, with the goal of turning it into a 10-nation, 630-million person common market. The challenges? Where to start? That’s especially true if you’re Thailand, once a star in the region for economic growth and stability, now, slipping down the list, but not remotely giving up.