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An unprecedented attack on Bangkok

Reality Check: Bangkok bombing, Austria's new asylum legislation

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The Erawan Shrine is a famous landmark, popular with international tourists

In Bangkok, the hunt is on for the perpetrator of a bomb attack yesterday which killed at least 20 people and injured over 100, close to the Erawan Shrine in the city centre.

Another attack today did not cause any injuries, but added to the nervous mood in this usually peaceful and tourist-friendly city.

Tony Cheng reports from the Thai capital on what is already known, and how the investigation is progressing.

New asylum law

ROLAND SCHLAGER

The new legislation is designed to ease the desperate situation at the Traiskirchen reception centre.

The SPÖ, ÖVP and Greens have agreed a new law to allow the Federal Government to place asylum seekers in municipalities, even if the local people are against it.

Top asylum lawyer, Georg Bürstmayer, explains what the new law will mean, and why criticism from the FPÖ is unfounded, in a case where human rights are in conflict with local wishes.

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