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why. it's good to have you with us we begin with news that's come as a political earthquake in thailand a royal standard for elections the talking. with the prime minister in the upcoming march elections this is a first in thailand where royals do not get involved in politics the announcement even more surprising considering she's standing for a party that's aligned to a former prime minister. and they. both are. a daring political power play that fusel coming clutching the official application papers the leader of the thai rak such

a party entered the election commission with an unprecedented nominee for prime minister no one less than the thai king's oldest sister princes in ball rights. and one of the members have what was a name and the aubrey that this is the most improper it name god could be down here and he did leave for taiwan side shot we all agreed you know that. i think that this is to be the hope of this country than i believe that you know this is the case that. we want to be. more we're going to be a good situation right now. for princess royal status is complicated she officially renounced her title in one thousand seventy two when she married an american despite a divorce in ninety ninety eight who formal title was never restored but she still regarded as royalty by the thai people. and the princess is better known for his

showbusiness career than her interest in politics she's been a singer an actor and a talk show host but how will the real candidate fare in the rough and tumble of an election these. are we have a plan for the campaign we're going to go ahead to the campaign but. according to the to do with her dealing with her then i think i did you know you have to ask it again you know. friday's announcement sets up another battle between thailand's military and the powerful shinawatra dynasty the political force behind the nomination. the power struggle between shinawatra is populist redshirt movement and the military backed royalist an urban elite has marred thailand with more than a decade of violence political instability and division a role candidate in the shinawatra camp could send a shockwave through those loyalties. the princess's my opponent would be the leader of the military junta prime minister. he also announced his candidacy on friday.

so thailand effectively enters unchartered waters. caught up with political analysts. in bangkok. this is the first time since thailand became a situational monarchy eighty six years ago that a close member of the royal family runs for political office what do you make of that. i think that people today are still. shocked and digesting about the announcement that the princess the only elder sister of his majesty the king has joined one political party as a contender for the prime ministership this is something that we've never had before normally we've had some minor royals in politics. you know even. highness but not to this extent the sister of the reigning king at the same time she also officially technically a commoner because she has she gave up royal status in back in one nine hundred

seventy two when she married an american and yet to thai people. with the royal kind of reference and a lot of foreigners all foreign friends call her princess nevertheless with the new king she also will be most likely elevated because you know once the new king is crowned he will become a sister of a king and she may be given the title back. so a lot of changes in store for thailand i think for politics with high politics this is a profound development because the electoral rina is different now you have. a party. that she represents now suddenly overnight it has shot up from nowhere to be the most recognized party maybe even a leading contender to win the election now can you explain what this means for

thai politics. in the last two decades you know people have seen thailand has been stuck a lot of turmoil. yellow shirts red shirts protest paula rice stationed. two military coups one judicial coup so very unstable in thailand volatile for thai politics now. we're seeing something we've never seen before. what thailand has been searching for is a balance a balance between. a monarchy system you know a constitution monarchy with the monarchy has at the center of thai society but also some kind of a democratic system because people want to have a voice they want to have represent representation they want to have a little system to represent them so i think that balance thailand has not found and this development today the big question for me is that. will it lead

to an opportunity a window to rebalance thai politics for that to happen what happened today has to later on be inclusive so today it's been a big game big event is for talks in the tucked inside right but the other side they may not be satisfied so they also have to be included somehow. political analyst also there are speaking to the aid of look at us on the bus and hearted in bangkok next to china where we encounter a familiar script or young woman lands a prestigious internship in a big company or works with an entertainment i can who then sexually assaults and she is forced to shut up about it well joe walsh our friend did and the twenty five year old chinese friend has spoken out saying this is what happened to her at china's state broadcaster c.c.t.v.

she accused this man iconic ju-ju him of sexual assault since her allegations last year joe has been slapped with a lawsuit and has been targeted on social media but she's also become a symbol for china's fledgling need to move want i've got one of material where joe shirts ran in beijing when i was you and posted on china's social network way wall last summer her accusation hit like a bombshell she said she had been sexually harassed four years ago by a famous t.v. anchor her post was quickly censored but it was already too late whose story had already been shared widely on the show that a lot of women who were opposed to this article wrote that it reminded them of their own experiences. i felt very sad but i was also moved. in twenty fourteen then

a drama student had been intern in china's state broadcaster c.c.t.v. one day she was asked to come to the dressing room of popular show to do it is there she says he threw simply tried to kiss her and grope her she managed to escape it. what then they will show her family at first i didn't want anybody to know i had been molested which i felt this was embarrassing humiliating . bash i also thought that if anybody knew about this story none of the c.c.t.v. employees would take my side and i thought they would stand with him or her to try to get her. younger has denied the accusations and filed a lawsuit against her he's demanding the weevil an eighty five thousand euros for damaging his reputation george shoshana's feeling the pressure.

their fears anger once. i feel like a vessel that quickly fills up with all kinds of emotions. most of the time i'm so busy that i manage to keep it together but sometimes you can't suppress these feelings anymore that's when i break down that door has become a leading voice of china's more but persistent me to movement many women have sought her advice she has offered to help some of them with filing complaints at the police but she says what china really needs is an open discussion about the issue. so her record you know usually when it becomes known that a woman has been assaulted people will say she has been stained even the media use this word the woman is considered dirty. in the eyes of the public women are supposed to be pure. and

a woman who has been sexually harassed is suddenly seen as a strange and sick person. being attacked as for a job she's fighting back after the presenter jews should have a different nation she's bringing her own case to court she's demanding compensation for sexual harassment. to hong kong now whether you're out of the big celebrations of being marred by a peculiar or. wild boars and their own entry in some parts of the city that's left a city divided on how to do. hong kong a city famous for its hustle and bustle and neon lights not the kind of place you might expect to see this unbeknown to many the lush green hills above hong kong skyscrapers are alive with swine and those boards are getting increasingly brazen. sometimes wild boars go to the barbecue area to look for food and if you leave them

alone they'll pick up fruits or get some drinks but if people feed them regularly it will affect their natural ecology. has a really hard over the years and how we. feel years hong kong authorities have been trying to stabilize the pig population through licensed hunting and other means but with no natural predators numbers keep rising the eurasian wild pig is the largest mammal in hong kong often growing to over two hundred kilos but not everyone is bothered by them. so we each have our own living space if they don't attack us then i think we should respect that living space that we can save as belongs to humans or to other animals so we should respect each other so i don't think it's a problem. but others would like to see the moved on. they

can and. i don't mind relocating them but we should euthanize them. so far relocation hasn't kept them away for now man and mammal will have to learn to co-exist. of course there's more online. with you next time. with different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all speak up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters. for mines. and jam and if. at any time any place. you have i don't like a. song to sing along to you if you just come from super. interactive

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a moment we'll get the latest business news from asia but first an update on a highly controversial gas pipeline project that runs from russia to germany the e.u. has been divided in its support for the project which critics say which may. the bloc too dependent on russian gas germany however stressed the project's economic benefits now ahead of a crucial e.u. decision on a new directive that would impact the so-called nor to stream to project france and germany submitted a draft compromise on the issue which the e.u. has just adopted in a moment we'll get some insight into that quite complex story but first this report six hundred kilometers of the nord stream to pipeline have already been installed but the political problem surrounding it has still yet to be resolved this week france added its voice to those feeling uneasy about the project.