the, the, this is the, the news life from berlin, thailand, school the prime minister returns from exile and is jailed types. and shinall once is sentenced on long standing charges of corruption, which he stays off politically motivated. also coming up breaks countries meet and saw that for you to consider the expanding of the club, the leaders of china, brazil in india, a rifle. 3 days i've told since you had to split the brushes that give me a push and faces an international arrest warrant and skipped the stomach and do as

president joe biden views the off to mass of sydney, while fi is on hawaii and on says criticism that his government was too slow to respond to that same return home to celebrate their historic bulk of wind, with thousands of fans in the grid. that all is not well on the springs of control . the hello, i'm christine with a welcome to the program, thailand's phone, the prime minister, touch sanction of watts, has been jailed on corruption related charges after returning from self imposed states. so he had spent 15 years living abroad tax and flew into bancroft where he was created by crowds of supposes he was taken to the supreme court, which imposed a sentence of ages from a conviction handed down while he was an itself,

types of object of the charges as politically motivated is a big in a phone. a businessman is one of thailand's most controversial political fits, is he one to the elections as prime minister was disposed to post in a cruise that and said thailand in 2008. and i want to bring in our asia pacific bureau chief scale, matthews was following the story for us from jakarta. gail, that's good to see. jackson has spent 15 years in exile. why has he chosen to return now or 1st of all of the general election. this may uh, basically uh, end of the year off pro military government. uh, technically uh, the strongest uh, force in that election has become a, the move forward part of your really homeless party, but the party couldn't form a government. and so now it is up to the 2nd largest opposition party at your phone . that's the government, and that is no other part, even the few type policy founded by the she know what family and that is the right

environment for tech to engine a while, of course, to return to his country. the open secret is of course he's facing an 8th year, a jail sentence now for the open secret is that he's hoping for royal park. okay. and, and talking about that royal pod and how likely is he to guess it's to yeah, that is now interesting to see if there is, of course, some suspicion here. that's a pure type party made a super deal if, if you want behind the scenes because they found a coalition including 2 pro military pro royal, this parties. and the suspicion here is that at this deal included and that there will be a part and for taxes, and you know why that is, of course something the beauty probably refutes to are things i things you need to bear in mind when you look at the whole scenario, why has returned now? one is of course that he's 74 years old. yes. 7 grandchildren. so personally,

he really was eager to return to thailand and secondly, one should not under state how big a political heavy wage attack soon, i should know. why is he's a device to finger, but he's someone politically that a lot of times people admire. yeah, a political heavy weight as you're saying, gail. so what then does his jailing mean for thailand's political landscape? yeah, it makes things even more complex. it's already a very complex political system. but what you have now is the biggest party that people voted for in your position. the 2nd largest party teaming up with political force, the pro military parties to form a coalition to get their candidates into the seat of power. and that is, of course, if you want to, some of the federal mixture. on the other hand, if you want just to see the closet is how full you could say finally, the locked out of the past a month is broken. and thailand has or will have

a government, a stable government. and so if he cannot make leasing the thailand is one of the top 3 economies in southeast asia, that's absolutely crucial. right? that scale my to speed up the asia pacific bureau chief. thank you, go now the need is off the bricks group of nations, on arriving in johannesburg for their 15th to summit. the group of countries includes bracewell, russia, india, china, and south africa and makes up over 40 percent of the world's population. china is president, changing thing is expected to push for the club to expand some 40 other countries have expressed interest in joining breaks or a breaks plus one group. now one need a not at the summit is russian president vladimir food and he faces an international arrest warrant for war crime, stemming from his invasion of ukraine. and from all, i'm joined by dw reports at business reports and age and list cliff. it's in and

good to have you in the studio, except for that stop by telling with you telling us all the little bit more about what this breaks alliance is. one about when somebody's bricks is kind of an unusual institution or block, and that it started life as a, as a marketing to the goldman sachs on the list and developed the brick countries. this was before that africa was came part of the equation to sell emerging market bonds. and then it became a reality where the countries got together and decided they would. they would set up an organization called brick, and then they added south africa 2 years later in, in 2011. so it's become a geo political reality now, which wants to promote itself and sees itself as a, as a counter ways as a counterbalance to western lead, hedge many in the, in the world. and on that point then we know that a number of countries that have expressed interest in wanting to doing but it's what does a big the brakes potentially mean for the roles now that for exist reality? well, i think one of the criticisms of bricks is that it's always been divided. i mean,

russia and as are india and china, for example, they don't particularly get on russia, as we've seen, is, is not massively stable at the moment, and that it can't even attend this summer. and so it's, it's basically because it's being an existent opposition to the us because it comes of it time of crisis for international institutions like do you when's tardy is being undermined? the world's trade organization isn't difficulty. so countries like iran and venezuela want to join because they feel it's a way to get around sanctions, saudi arabia and countries in the our bomber it see it as a way of, of getting more global influence. and then you have african nations like i, the opium nigeria would also see it as a way of getting a better voice internationally. so different countries have different reasons for joining, but they're all, it's all aimed at becoming. they see it as, as a counterweight to the western lead institutions. but stand by tiffany, i just want us to, to, to see a report that's coming out because we know that

a loss of eyes are going to be on that break. some is that's going to be taking place and your head is big, especially here in europe, and that has a lot to do with the stones that breaks countries have taken as it pertains to the one ukraine. so let's have a look at that report and i'll pick up because it's the people here in ukraine will be watching the brick summit happening thousands of kilometers away in johannesburg since the war began 18 months ago. they've been hoping to sway those countries to lean away from russia, and even at some point towards ukraine, minimum plan would be to have them involved. and at least those houses are support . and this is why the decisions that will be made and breaks will show if we made a good progress, we're not, is important to keep down within the agenda or resolving the conflict. because in the future, they would probably gain those instruments off implants on russia like china.

china is the most important member of bricks. president choosing pain is a very close political ally of russian president vladimir putin. and since the ukraine were provoked, huge sanctions against russia. it's found a welcome market for its commodities in china. beijing has also presented a 12 point piece plan to end the war in ukraine. moscow welcome to ideas contained in it, but it did not go down well here in here. there's no mention is that the russian soldiers should leave you pay the do not call that the war, the quality premium crisis, which is an option that let's try to has a sound lot of ation. china wants to approve of status of the voice of the soul global south. the global south includes the other countries in bricks, brazil, india, and south africa. on the global stage, bricks, countries tried to present themselves as a counter balancing option to the west. but not united block experts here say the

member states need to maintain reasonable relationships with the west. that's why they're unlikely to give russia full support and it's for on ukraine. the needs of this also to balance is the threats in case of india. this is china in case of african countries. this is fundamental is discussions in johannesburg will inevitably touch on the war that's been raging here in ukraine. the bricks, perspective on how and why that matters to them will be worth understanding for those who want to influence the member states. stupid. i want to pick up on that point today is reports about china's importance in the bricks alliance. wisdom allies had been hoping that beijing would use its influence of a russian to, to, to bring the will in ukraine to it. and what has patients role been at that end? but basically what we're seeing is that the patient has given almost positive support to the russian warren ukraine because it has its own ambitions in taiwan,

which it sees a zone territory on it wants to take by force if necessary. and roles and vision is a growing its influence in the south china sea. and to do this, it needs the support of, of, of bricks, countries at the problem at the heart of this, of course is the fact that the china and india for example, have very, very tense relations at the border. there was a lot of that india being which is kind of kind of trying to play both sides in some ways and in both the west on china. but at the same time has its own fears about chinese expansion. so at china is hoping to gain support with the brakes and with an expanded brakes, hopefully for this, but for, for it's admissions. but as we've seen, this situation in ukraine has, has, does. and i'm big with reaction, while a lot of the countries in the brakes won't oppose russia's invasion, they're kind of trying to stay out of it because they realize that it could threaten their relations with the west. so um the bricks is kind of like

a giant balancing act overall. i'm going to see how that plays out over the course of this meeting and how they actually managed to get all these things to line up right to it. thanks so much for that. that's good coon and our residents, china analyst here as well as dw business proportion as always thanksgiving. us. and let's take a look now at some of the stories making headlines. russia says it has downs to ukraine and drones. the most the official say the trojans with shut down the a towns on the wisdom outskirts of the capsule to let the drones crash in the border region of france. they were no injuries reports as the head of the bucket of messing with the group. you have gained a precaution and has published his best recruitment video since he has failed me in russia. in june. enclosures suggest. if he was an advocate, came in, he was busy making put russia even grace on or content is because with his current whereabouts and i just wished applicant, regional brock eco west has rejected

a proposal by new jays, minifee june to, to restore democracy within 3 years. the june to made the proposal in a meeting with echo west at the weekend, the broadcast rationed military intervention unless the crew lead is released nearly as president and return the country to democracy. japan says it will begin discharging trees at cooling water. from the ruined focus, she met new t a bronze into the sea on thursday. the union's new tier watch dog saves the plans . don't pose any danger to human or the environment. but japan's fishing industry as well. as neighboring countries, including china, have voiced concerns. now us president joe biden has visited the hawaiian island of molly to see the devastation left by recent wild fi is nearly 2 weeks ago. more than 110 people are known to have died in the flames, but that death toll is expected to rise with more than 800 others still unaccounted for. its the deadliest qualify in the united states in more than

a century. long hugs into a woods is the president and 1st lady touched down in mallory. they were there to offer support to the survivors and to pay respects to those who lost their lives in the wilds highest. the demons state of the island. the 1st couple of, of giving a closer look at what's left to the historic town of la, hey, you know, which was a little bit to break, to write it in the wind, whipped and sign a hawaii state govern adjusted queen size search teams have now covered most of the area looking for the more than $800.00 people who are still missing. but the rest of the search could take weeks. president biden's administration has been criticized by some of the survivors and republicans who say the responses being ineffectual and insufficient. standing next to one of the heinous most famous

landmarks, the 150 of old banyan tree, the president to use that as a method for, for the islanders resilience and revival to my left is the bed and 3, beloved by this community for over a 150 years here, the former capital of the kingdom, hawaii stood for generations as the sacred spot of exceptional significance today is burned. but it's still standing. tre, survive for a reason. i believe it's a powerful, a very powerful symbol. what we can and will do to get through this crisis for this is for as long as it takes, we're going to be with you the whole country be with you. the hate in the general, the end of the wild fires may have now subsided, and the focus turned to the task of rebuilding about the people have. now we will need much more than reassurance and will much to recover from the saving blaze that

has ravaged the island they call home. and dw is con. she moore is on molly. following the story, i austria, what job items visit means for people to this residential by then was received by indifference in the island. if 11th, talking to they just shrugged their shoulders. they feel like the local authorities, health from the authorities came late. however, it was very important for the 30s here in hawaii, the president by then. so the scope of the, the, the station for himself. so and so if you to a visa, a realtor and the helicopter, to assess that. also, he met with the families with some of their families affected to hear firsthand testimonies on what the people in right now need people who just have 30 days in a hotel room,

but they don't know what's gonna happen after that. then they don't have any perspective on how they're going to rebuild their lives in the white house and also major. so the joe, by the point you today uh, spray in the senior emergency response officio to coordinate all the long term recovery efforts here on the ground. the white house a has also deployed more than 1000 responders, 450 rescue teams and 40 dogs to help and identify victims. and they, they are providing more funding about a 1000000 on the main complaint from the family. so is that the $700.00 to $800.00 for a family coming from the federal government is not enough to support or not even short term very quickly. country, many people are still missing off to those devastating fires. you are just alluding to some of the if this, but how is the search and risky if it going now it takes a more difficult bar as

a depth search about 85 percent of the area that remaining 15 percent and is going to be very important for the account and also very difficult because they, you still have to remove all the deputies from the area which is a lot or the number of this inspect it arrives significantly in those and more than a 100 that accounted for regarding those a girlfriend or is it how wayne laverne or jo screen said that probably many of these people might never be found by that state of view corresponding punchy, more in molly for us. thank you. country. thank you. now tropical storm henry has passed that the us state of california off to inflicting have all, for the sof, in mexico. the storm triggered flash flooding and mud slides off to unleashing re, quote, breaking down pause. the storm is now weakening and moving so that all hillary is the 1st tropical storm to hit southern california in more than

a 2 years cleaning up hillary's mess, broken roads, land slides, and flooding. this is what the aftermath of the storm looks like. people across southern california have the gun with the recovery phase. as, as you know, sometimes damage can occur in the hours in days after a storm hits. so angelenos should continue to stay vigilant. the city family will continue working around the clock to respond and we will need your help. hillary was not the disaster. the meteorologist expected the storm to be but she still hit hard. pattering the west coast of north america from mexico into southern california. hillary dropped more than half an average years worth of rain

on some areas causing flash flooding and damaging infrastructure. a state of emergency was declared in parts of southern california. as the we can store, moves north towards the canadian coast wildfire stricken british columbia could get some much needed rain in the coming days. and now let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines. days off, heavy rain have left 2 people dead and thousands of others homeless and cheated. many others have been lift cutoff due to setting a land size in the country central southern region. small rain is full cost in the coming days. as long as he is in canada is a cooler conditions, bringing some relief to fire fighting proves, beckoning places in british columbia officials, one. however, the situation is still serious with 3865 still burning across the province. more than 27000 people have been placed under evacuation. and donald trump said he plans

to turn himself into ortiz and to atlanta, georgia on thursday to face charges connected with his indictment. one has been said, have 200000 done. is the form of us president stands accused of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 election. us from says the case is politically motivated. let's do this and the people will have voted in a referendum to stop oil drilling in an important amazon reserved. the yes, yes, so ne, national park is one of the most diverse bias is on this and home to several indigenous scripts. the state of oil company will now be required to end of the operations in the region. in football news, spain's victorious world cup squad spent the night celebrating their success with thousands of delighted friends in madrid. stains victory of england in sundays

final deliver a 1st women's world cup to the european nation and they received a humorous welcome in the spanish capsule. upon their arrival, yes, a number of control the seas surrounding the team before and off to the tournament, have threatened to derail the revelry. and then your boss, i don't know if the w sports is with me professional pay it herself, is played in several countries including spain. it's really good to have you in the student. it was such a phenomenal tournament, spectacular football on the page. so spain's victory. we've got to be honest, not many people voted with come to this. yeah, i mean, it's a massive victory for spain. of course, this is their 1st world cup final and they want to walk up with the 1st time. now this is the fruit of many, many years of development. and when mister barton, spain, i mean, you could really see that when i was playing there, they were headed somewhere big. there's a lot of talent in that country, but leading up to this tournament that talent wasn't seen to win the world cup

because there's a long standing. the dispute between the players and the federation, by those criticisms about their coach, the professionalism inside the team. this created a lot of divide because they say essentially back the coach, they said we're not going to do anything about this and can't on very heavy on the players that also created divide within the team between barcelona players and real madrid players. and that is exactly what you don't want leading into a tournament. it also causes many of spans best players to not be at the tournament because they were protesting the condition. so there was a lot going on off the pits and it kind of leaves almost a bitter taste in our miles about their victory. because it's almost like it could be from not in the sight of the players. and kind of, if you don't know the whole situation mix as they look like they were right. right . so the other control vesee that's obviously now dominating the headlines, taking away from what these remarkable women achieved on the page is the actions of

the football. the spanish football federation president told us to us a little bit more about that. right, so uh spanish as a president, luis rebel, as there was video of him when the players were getting their metals. he essentially grabs the head of one of the players jennifer her most so. and he kisses her on the most. he was excessively celebrating with a lot of players, but that was something that took it a step further. now, it caused outrage all over the world. it gets a little bit worse too, because then in the locker room after the game, there were many players on instagram live. you could see that they were asking jennifer her most to about it. she said she didn't like it, but what could she do? also then she comes into the locker room and he's got his arm around 2 or anything . okay. we're going to go to the visa to celebrate our wedding. so really kind of unaware of what he had done initially, he defended himself, but after the all of the public outrage, he came back and he said, okay, i made a mistake. i got carried away. um, but really this is kind of an ugly reminder of the sexism scandals that have gone on in woman's football and in spanish, women's football,

ruby. alice was one of the people who was accused of not really taking woman's football seriously. not really respecting it. and he was also one of the people who essentially didn't listen to the players incited with the face. so it leaves the plays in a bad situation, right? very quickly done here before i let you go, i just want to get your overall sense of this tournament. and, and it's legacy a fantastic tournament on the pitch. we saw a changing of the guard usa, germany, countries like that out of the tournament early. we saw new winner. we also saw a record smashed in terms of attendance viewership. it earned over $570000000.00 euros, which is seconds to only the mens woke up. so it shows the enormous growth and potential of women's football moving forward. well, incredible stuff and just great to see what was accomplished on the fish they in australia. daniel, always good talking to you about this. we appreciate your insights to

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