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In the news · 17 Oct
UK refuses visa for Koh Tao mother, blocking baby's Christmas trip to meet relative
The UK Home Office has refused a visitor visa for Khin Thant Zin, a Myanmar refugee living on Koh Tao, The Guardian reported. Her partner, Matthew Cross, says the family cannot now take baby William to meet his ill great-grandfather in Lancashire at Christmas. They plan to reapply.
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Sunset Sunrise: Japanese Film Screening at TK Park Celebrates 140 Years of Japan–Thailand RelationsSquare A and B, CentralWorld. BangkokEvent details →Culture, travel & food
More →- Travel · 16 OctThai airport staff can now open suspicious checked bags without owners presentNew rules took effect on 16 October letting Thai airport security officers open checked bags without the passenger present when X-ray screening flags suspicious items. The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand said searches must be recorded, done in designated areas, and passengers notified afterwards by a notice inside the bag.
- Travel · 16 OctThai airport security can now open suspicious checked bags without owners presentNew Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand rules, effective October 16, let airport screeners open checked bags flagged by X-ray as suspicious, without the owner present. Routine or random searches are not allowed. Inspections must be recorded, and passengers must be told afterwards that their bag was opened.
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The world in brief
More →- 17 OctIran gives Houthis targeting and intelligence for attacks on Saudi Arabia, WSJ reports
- 17 OctTrump withholds some Russia sanctions as new US law is due to take effect
- 17 OctUAE to resume funding Yemeni forces as Saudi Arabia offers air cover, sources say
- 17 OctItaly's defence minister says US limits on Ukraine satellite support would be a mistake
- 17 OctPutin says Russia is building a non-negotiable security zone inside Ukraine
- 17 OctPope Leo XIV asks Putin for cease-fire in besieged Ukrainian city of Oleshky