With the collapse of the tourism industry due to coronavirus, many of Thailand’s captive elephants are now at risk of starvation.

BBC Thai follows one group of elephant keepers journeying into the mountains to find food.

Produced and edited by Charlotte Pamment

Filmed by Rachaphon Riansiri

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Ukrainian troops are preparing to defend the north-western city of Sumy in the Kharkiv region, as Russia continues its summer …

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Just days after taking charge of Twitter, Elon Musk has revealed a monthly subscription fee of $8 (£7) for a blue tick on Twitter.

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The resurgence of Roaring Kitty and the meme stock rally has given the world’s biggest gaming retailer, GameStop, a rollercoaster week on the US stock exchange.

GameStop, the subject of the original meme stock back in 2021, saw a 179% jump on the NASDAQ this week, but almost as soon as the craze started, it looks to be fizzling out.

Companies from any industry can become meme stocks, if they have a strong online following.

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At least two French prison officers have been killed in an ambush on a prison van near Rouen in Normandy, France.

The prisoner was being taken from court to a prison and escaped after the attack.

Three other officers were seriously injured after being shot with “heavy weapons”, the French justice minister Eric Dupond-Moretti has said.

Several hundred police officers and gendarmes are involved in the manhunt. French prosecutors have named the inmate as Mohamed Amra, who was previously convicted of aggravated robbery and charged with abduction leading to death.

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