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strongly, alas, services be our guest at frankfurt and board. cd managed by front board the . this is the w news coming to line from berlin. folks for a new leadership in thailand dashed again, the constitutional court suspends from parliament the main candidate for prime minister. we get the latest from bank comp, also coming up temperatures in many parts of the world, states dangerously high as wildfires continued to threaten homes and livelihoods in
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greece, firefighters say they are preparing for another difficult day and back on dry land following 3 months of stranded etc, i didn't really didn't think i'd like it so much. australian sailor, tim shot, a 10 his dog bellow or rescue them through the binding on the golf fish and bring walter the hello. i'm terry marsh. and good to have you with us a 2nd night. they've what ukraine describes as hellish air attacks by russia on the city of odessa, home to ukraine's main green tech supporting port in the black sea. according to the cities military administration, this recent attack was quote, powerful and very massive. you create and said some of the ports,
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facilities were damaged in russian attacks. they before with russia, describing it as a mass of ribbon strike in response to the attack with the crime in bridge. the error rates were heard in other parts of ukraine as well, with a drone attack reported on the countries capital key or for more, we're joined now by our correspond mathias spelling in keep what is new strikes on the desk. so what more do we know? yeah, it was another night of a heavy attacks drones and besides flying onto several directions in ukraine, the cube was attacked by drones, but they were shut down. but in odessa they seems to have been quite some damage done, lots of explosions. uh there. what are your thoughts about why is we don't know the details, you have to where and what was the attack and what was so shut down, etc, etc. but it seems that the 2nd night off to the end of the grading, the,
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the port city is at the focus of russian attacks the, the city that where the, where the ports all the ship out ukraine's grades. so it looks very much like there was a connection to russia backing out of that deal. and um, these attacks that might further complicate exports upgrade from your crate. also this morning, russia is reporting a fire at its military base on the occupied try me in peninsula what more can you tell us about that mathias? yeah, that's highly likely. that's what so you create a new address and sources report and that's also what a video purchase that has the most so far uh, confirms that this was a uh, an ammunition uh um store uh storage. um and um, it seems to be quite a big one because 2000 people from the nearby villages um around this. it was a military training ground where the fire is taking place. um 2000 people are being
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evacuated from the villages near by. so it seems most likely version is that ukraine has struck, and i munitions storage on premises. but he has thank you very much for bringing this up to date. that was our correspond mathias spelling in key. now to thailand and the winter of the country's election earlier this year has been suspended from parliament just ahead of the 2nd bid to be confirmed. as prime minister, the constitutional court agreed to suspend reformist candidate peter then jo, run not until it makes a routing or whether he violated election law pieces move forward. parties said the suspension should not affect his nomination for the prime minister from industry a boat which rival politicians have been seeking to block him from last week. the military appointed senate voted against him in a confirmation. but let's
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get more now from phillip. sure. well, he's asia correspondent for the sunday time to join just from bangkok come up. peter has been suspended from parliament to understand what does that mean for his bid to become prime minister? well, technically it doesn't affect his status as a primary student candidate to talk to you is the only current prime ministerial candidates upon them, which is 16 today. um they are due um to have a debates on a 2nd attempt to him to be nominated as prime minister. you don't have to be an m p to be the prime minister in silence. however, obviously this is a huge set box to his to his campaign coming to a time when we're ready, be a problem with last week, didn't actually approve them as, as a problem is that he is bounty on the lines of, of the punches. i'll come to the largest in the lower house,
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but the of the house of unelected senators, who are appointed by the old, jumped to and who are many of whom are dead set against his progressive politics. they blocked him last week. and now that the constitution coaches rule that the custody suspend design p printing up a separate investigation, it's even less likely that they will box and mislead. so is it clear, philip, that that 2nd vote will go ahead today in parliament on whether peter can become prime minister and does he have a chance of winning it are now? well, um, the interesting thing today has been the toner was cold to have a 2nd boat. but actually, so far this morning is being held up by um, uh, plains or arguments from pro military consumptive and pays on sentences. but honestly, once he's lost one vote, a 2nd vote come even go ahead, but that's just being disputed by his block. so at the moment we're not even clear if i, but we'll proceed. but the numbers, even though he has
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a large majority in the lower house, the numbers because of his need. so when around support from sentences as well, a really against him. so it's a, if the 2nd book goes ahead, it's looking very unlikely that he'll be able to, uh, when, when it's now in may the tie people voted for change and form of pizza. but the conservative establishment, as he pointed out, as is making life very difficult for him becoming wanting to become prime minister . tell us more about who peter is and what he's up against a yes, louise is a young, 42 year old, very young bike type political stuff. hundreds cars. my check for my checked executive educated in the us and he's very popular on the term paying trial. his party, as you say, um so that much from nowhere to um, to waiting mays elections will be the largest single tonchee. they have
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a very progressive agenda including elements. so for example, military reforming the country lies very cool problem. but most controversially, their own center calling for reform of the royal defamation laws that's protects the extremely powerful mama key in this country. and um, the concept of block c based, those actual assaults on the medicaid, the institution itself, move forward and that supporters all you but just these laws are being over use that, that way to, to coney and 15 the child's homes, they've been used against political protests leaders so, so he really is offering a huge challenge to the governing. all they have which is so long been dominants. and so i'm on and you are having these 2 books. will these 2 interest groups meetings today ms. drummer and the constitutional coats in the fall, the ones are in protest already starting on the streets. drama in thailand. phillips, thank you very much for filling us in there. that was journalist phillip. sure. well in bangkok let's catch up on some of those
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stories. making news around the world today, at least 14 people have died in columbia after a heavy rain burst. the banks of a river triggering a landslide that struck part of the village. 3 children are among the dead. the swollen river also washed away a bridge, connecting the capital bogota with the sounds of the country. and american soldier has crossed the border from south korea into the north. he was facing disciplinary action in the us, but it's unclear if he has defected. us says it's trying to resolve. the incident in washington has no formal diplomatic relations with north korea. and for us present, donald trump has said he expects to be arrested and indicted over the january 6th. the attack on the us capital in his social media post trump says he received a letter from special council, jack smith informing him that he was the target of the criminal pro into efforts to
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overturn the 2020 us presidential election. while the european office of the world health organization is warning people to take concrete measures to stay cool as an unprecedented heat wave groups, much of the content at the head of the european region, huns clued, advise people to avoid going outside at the hottest times of the day and stay hydrated by drinking water regularly in room. the thermometer hit a record high of on tuesday of 41.8 degrees celsius. many parts of north america are also st. high temperatures. in the us, city of phoenix, temperatures have registered at least $43.00 degrees for a record 19 consecutive days. lea excessive heat is peeling wildfire is here in europe, from spain to the mountains of switzerland in greece, firefighters of trying to keep residents and torres safe from the effects of smoke
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and flames. smoke seakins the ash. it's hard to breathe as people rush to evacuate for a 2nd day. 5 fighters have bashful blazes, just outside of athens. feel far as ease of ordered residents to leave a mantra north west of the capital. police tried to convince these nuns to leave them on a street ahead of the 5 front wiley nearby personality. some residents refused to abandon the homes as well or given them. i'm not leaving. i started building this house when i was 27 years old by myself. i'll stay here at least to watch and burn. i'm not leaving. in some towns, residents have already seen everything they own. go up in flames. your go sneak, allow and his wife and i had lived in this house for 32 years. they've gone
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swimming when the fire struck. no good for me. i know i have only my bathing suit which i swim and nothing else. and the shirt. i have nothing else. i don't even have other shoes. nothing. i'm finished in france and italy have sent plains to help 55 inches. but while they try to bring the main blazes under control, smaller fires, spring up in forested areas. dried out by high temperatures. the heat wave baking much of southern europe is set to intensify this week. in grace as weather authorities have warned that the extreme heat will bring a high risk of even more wild flies. and australian sailor, lost at sea with his dog for 3 months, has been rescued. tim shaddick and his pets bella survived on rainwater and roll
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fish. they were picked up by a fishing boat, nearly 2000 kilometers from land in the pacific ocean, with a shot of setting foot on dry land for the 1st time since the ordeal began. tim shadow and his dog bella are now safe in mexico. and i just say i'm alive and and i didn't really didn't think i would like it. so thank you. thank you so much. she had exposed was damaged by a storm. only weeks into his journey from mexico to french, polynesia. it knocked out the boat's electronics and soon the pair found themselves stranded in the pacific ocean and photographed as the rescue appeared at shadow, appear skinny and exhausted, but always accompanied by his canine companion fellow of the pair survive by drinking rain water and eating roll fish. and to avoid sun,
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but they hit on the boats kinda p. i did enjoy. busy being a cheap and you know, i enjoy being out there. but when things get tough out the, you know, you have to survive it and that was. and then when you get saved, you, you feel like you want to live upon arrival in mexico, a journalist asked him whether he would soon be out at sea. again, his answer was clear. probably not you're watching the news, just reminder of the top story. we're following for you. thailand's constitutional court has ordered the suspension of peter lim, jerry own, dropped from parliament just ahead of his 2nd period to be confirmed. his prime minister accordingly rule and allegations heap violated election law. 5 politicians
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have been trying to block his appointment as timelines 1st reform as a prime minister in years of next we've got business news for you with chris cobra. and of course you can get all the latest news information any time. and one on our website at www dot com. and of course you'll find this all over social media and terry martin. thank the guardians of truth. my name is junk and and i have paid almost every price of being enjoying this in a country like to tease taking on the powers that be the.

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