[000:00:00;00] the the, this is dw news life from berlin, thailand, school the prime minister returns from 8th file and is jailed tax when she and a watch, a sentenced on long standing charges of corruption, which he stays off. and this week he motivates also coming up, breaks countries continue to meet in south africa to consider expanding the cloud. the need is of china, brazil and india arrive for 3 days, a pulse and you had to split the rushes,

letting me peruse and faces international risk forms and skips the summit. plat spain returned home to celebrate the historic boat coupling with thousands of fans in the grid, but only is not well. funneling a spring of control the christine window. welcome to the program thailand from the prime minister tech. since you know, once has been jailed on corruption, relate to charges officer returning from self imposed exile. he had spent 15 years living abroad tax and flew into bancroft where he was greeted by crowds of supposes he was taken to the supreme court, which imposed a sentence of a t is from a conviction handed down while he was an exile talk soon. but jake said the charges as physically motivated the been enabled. the businessman is one of thailand's most

controversial political speaking. this is one to the next is as prime minister was disposed in a cruise and flip thailand in 2008. and i want to bring in asia pacific beer chief, gave motus these following the story for us from jakarta, at gale tex, when she what looms large of a thailand of politics tennis exactly who he is i would say he's without doubt not only one of the most influential politicians of modern times, but also one of the most controversial ones. he was loved by the real poor for introducing policies like minimum wage and a general health care despised by the old money lead to bangkok who saw him as a threats to the wealth. so very devices figure on the one hand, but on the other hand. 5 5 someone who was ousted by

a military coup. uh then sentenced enough sense. yeah. for a 10 year sentence that has now been brought down to 8 years. uh and uh, someone who now saw the political opportunity to return back home. yeah. and and why has he returned home now? gail golf to 15 years in exile. yeah, i would say there's 2 levels or there's what i've mentioned the political opportunity and that is simply the fact that the may generally election are basically brought in and to the pro military governments. that thailand has seen for almost a decade and brought in the very pop to you that his family found the po, type all d into power. and uh secondly, there is a personal level 2 at the man is $74.00, you know, 7 grandchildren. one just recently born to his daughter who was a prime ministerial candidates, so it's a tennis deal. so for political, tennessee, a really that he is heading and that was a politic carpet or there was a rather personal motivation to return back home. day. we know that the type

parliament is voting to install a new prime minister. it is texting, going to play any role in that process. what are some suspicion here of seeing that the bure type policy, the 2nd largest opposition party included to pro military a government party, into their holding coalition. and a good suspicion is that the super deal has been struck behind the scenes that the military and also the court will still have some influence integrated into the government. and we didn't return a tax and you know what may get a royal palm, a to is 8 years, a prison sentence. that is, of course, something that the pure type body has denied. and instead of the new prime minister of war, the rather the candidates who is now hoping to become prime minister has made clear that it was a political necessity in order to bring. finally, some stability to the political of

a deadlock. the country has faced in the past month. right? that's go mateus the w's, asian pacific. beer chief. thank you. go now the leaders of the bricks group of nations are arriving in johannesburg for the 15 summit members, result, russia, india, china, and solve africa all home to over 40 percent of the world's population. china as president cheating thing is expected to push for the club to expand. dozens of countries have expressed interest in joining the block. one lead and not have to summit is rushed as president, letting me loose and he faces an international risk for him, for war crimes streaming from his invasion of ukraine. but even without pollution, that the will in ukraine still costs and long shadow over the summit state of res. abraham has more on how this summit is seen from the ukraine in capsule. keith,

the people here and ukraine will be watching the brick summit happening thousands of kilometers away in johannes, for since the war began 18 months ago, they've been hoping to sway those countries to be away from russia. and even at some point towards ukraine, minimum plan would be to have them involved. and at least there's on the house of 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 increments of influence 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 and ukraine. moscow welcome the ideas contained in it, but it did not go down well here in here. there's no means that the russian soldiers should leave you pay the do not call that the war, the quality of grading and crisis, which is less than that. let's try to have somebody ration. china wants to approve of status of the voice of the soul global south. the global south includes the other countries and bricks, brazil, india, and south africa. i'm the global stage bricks. countries try to present themselves as a counter balancing option to the west. but it's not a 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 more on 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. and for more on this, i'm joined by dw business, propose, and asia, and in this cause it's clean and good to have you at the table. because it, we know that wisdom countries had been appealing to beijing to use its influence of a muscular to bring the war in russia to an end in the context of china, really being the key player when it comes to brits. what role has being paid to that and well, i think to understand that you really have to look at the relationship between russia and china and just how close that is. as was mentioned a little in the report. basically, john has given that these tacit backing to russia's war and ukraine, it's

a lot of evidence to suggest that china may even have known about the war in advance. you know that in february last year. and the piece plan that china has been promoting is very much in line with what with what russia is hoping to achieve and ukraine. and this is why ukraine is so angry out of it and why the westbound won't get on board with the chinese efforts to promote peace there because of these terms. so i think china is a little bit trying to play boats because it doesn't want to gets be sanctioned along with russia that starts applying equipment. but at the same time, i think that the general drift is certainly towards supporting russia and ukraine. and just coming back to, to this breaks the line spinner, that a number of countries have expressed interest in wanting to join the lines. we know that that's going to be a big talking for him to tie up on the agenda expansion at this summit. what would a bid the brakes mean? well, i think, given the basis of bricks is it's existing opposition to something in

a way it's against western hedge of money, which isn't necessarily a great starting point. it did start life as a kind of an investment model. and invented by a goldman sachs on a list, and then it became a geopolitical reality, but they don't have a lot in common in many ways these, other than the fact we have the brazil in india representing the global side alongside of africa. then you have russia and china allies, then you have china and india representing economic strength. there's lots of bits and pieces. and by expanding as i think you're going to have a lot of these are not similar, are countries other than their opposition to the west? so i think that it could be quite difficult to keep everyone in line or to find a grievance on a lot of things because while they, they don't want to see this western hedge of money, it's hard to see what exactly they do hope to achieve. yeah, i mean it's a small goal, it's a 15 summit now and there's very little in the way of what breaks was actually achieved as an alliance. but i guess we can talk about this for agency. and actually, if it's appreciated as always cafeteria, then i'll be the business reporter as well as our resident china, and this,

thank you. and let's take a look now at some of the stories making headlines, rush essays, it's has down to ukrainian trillions. you know, most of the officials say the drones were shut down yet. townsend, but with some outskirts of the capital. 2 other drones crashed in the border region of plans. there were no injuries for forces. the head of the wagner missionary booby of guinea provision has published his 1st recruitment video since his failed with, in russia, in june for goshen. suggest that he wasn't nafrica came and he was busy making, quote, russia even greater on old continents coast. question is kind of whereabouts. i know you're not all of them that somebody in japan says it will begin discharging trees and cooling water from the ruined focus. human nuclear ponds into the sea on thursday, the you and nuclear watchdog phase. the plans don't pose any danger to humans or

the environment, but depends fishing industry as well as neighboring countries, including china, have voiced concerns v as income body as parliament has elected one minus as the country's new prime minister. he succeeds, is autocratic father, when sense often 80, for decades in office. the hand of elf pollock comes off to the ruling. cambodian people's party one july's one sided elections in which the main opposition party was blocked from running us president joe biden has visited the hawaiian island of molly to see the devastation left by recent qualify as maybe 2 weeks ago. more than $110.00 people are known to have died in the flames, but that the total is expected to rise with more than $800.00 others still unaccounted for. it's the deadly as why fi in the united states in more than a century. long the hugs and all but is the president and 1st

lady touch down in mallory. they were that to offer support to the survivors and to pay respects to those who lost their lives in the wilds highest. the devastated to the island the 1st couple of of giving a closer look at what's left to the historic town of the hey, not which was old, but 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 most famous landmarks, the 150 year old brand new entry, the president to use that as

a method for, for the island does resilience and revival to my left. it is a badge and 3 beloved by this community for over a 150 years here, the former capital of the kingdom, hawaii, as it stood for generations as a 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, 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 vial size 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 the deputies. can she moya,

is on my way following the store. yeah, austria. what jo biden's visit means for people that a residential by them was received by a indifference in the island. this is 11 talking to they just shrugged their shoulders. they feel like the local authorities help from the authors. this came late, however, it was very important for the authorities here in hawaii the 1st and by then. so the scope of the of, of 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 other families affected, to hear firsthand testimonies on what the people right now need people who just have 30 days in a hotel room, but they don't know what's gonna happen after that. and they don't have any perspective you have on how they're going to rebuild their lives in the white house and now so 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. me the white house a has also deployed more than 1000 responders, 450 rescue teams and 40 dogs to help identify victims. and they, they are providing more funding about a 1000000 the main complain 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. all right, that's the w, as country boy reporting from my we hawaii. now in this, a concern is growing that millions of people inside the country may face food shortages and the sanctions imposed by the west african block a co wes, following july's ministry. clues of the countries, however, have stepped into send supplies. a convoy of around 300 tex arrived, initiated from neighboring booking of fossil and led by

a ministry government supportive of the community. it is. they are reportedly carrying food and household items. meanwhile, people have been protesting in the capsule and you may against a cross section. so there's a was already suffering and humanitarian crisis around. 17 percent of the population are dependent on food aid to survive. and i'm now joined in the studio by a critical robot fast he's country director for nigeria of the end you see on deacon did ok or action against hung. welcome to dw the thank you so much. we appreciate your being have how many people do you have a sense of just how many people in the share right now experiencing food insecurity as a result of the sanctions imposed by echo the last official on some 1st of all, thank you for having me. um yeah, the last official figures, we're talking about 4400000 people in direct need of humanitarian

assistance right in the country. but you have to underline also that there is around about more than 600000 until the display of people fleeing from i'm conflict in the country reference is coming from neighboring countries. so booking f as a molly also. so the situation might getting worse if the functions will persist uh, from neighboring countries of niger. right. and, and those sanctions imposed by equal west regional leaders. are they getting in the way of the work that you as in j o is on doing exactly being now? i'm being always in contact with my, my stuff on the ground and niger and so we have face to the problem that the board is outside board as i closed from the neighboring countries. and so we're waiting for medical supplies, which is still stuck outside niger, and we're waiting for the for, for medical supplies in terms of some food assistance. and so we have a contingency stuck in the country and we're still working with this. but the

sanctions persists and along the way then we will have severe problems to deliver human turn the systems to people in need. yeah. until that point. um great. well, i wondered if you're having the issue because we've seen a lot of anti western sentiment in this area right now. a lot of the direct to that the former could when you a pile of friends in particular, is that getting in the way off of your work, all your stuff on the ground, experiencing any hostility from the public. we are as lecturing on finding a comfortable situation that we're working mostly with ex but colleagues coming from african states. so, but we have old line to uh, french colleagues um which way back to a to directly after the cool. so with the 1st the vacation flights made by the front. so government um yeah, we have no it pressing against our stuff. we're still working, working in the field. we have a free stop basis in the country. so our working with having the systems is quite

normal for the moment and i so, but it was also a security measurement that i had to leave the country on the night from the 4th or 5th of august of last year, p in the country direct turned off to be in there, and i hope to go back tonight just sleep. but we're also waiving the situation and development of the situation. so there's no open aggression against a human tab and human service working on the grounds. but we also sold the pictures of what happened in front of the french embassy and what happened in the city country. i want to talk to you about something that we've heard from senior leadership in the june to. they say that patients might die in hospitals because of the lack of medical supplies. what's your assessment of benefits? would that be about accurate you? we have faith. well, they said, you know, we're waiting for for more than 5 tons of medic supplies coming tonight just since a couple of weeks. now the situation is getting worse because the, the board of them, the close, we're working with uh the,

the health facilities on the ground. so not only with for hospitals. and we're running intensive care units for more than just showing on the ground. and then in the, in the high, in need of these medical supplies. and if we don't get these medical supplies, when it's with cost life, that's partial and, and really it's, it's what we're hearing from the gentle leadership. well, we really appreciate to your coming in to, to the cedar to office or shed light on, on the flights. uh that is um, the situation in the shed grayco robot. fast country director for niger for the n t o c o n date and then whom go we appreciate thanks for your time frame. and lets take a look now at some of the stories making headline space, okay, the rate and have live 2 people did and thousands of others homeless and treated. many others have been lift cutoff due to flooding and lance lights in the country, central southern regions. maureen is full cost in the coming days or $2.00 in canada is

a cooler conditions of bringing somebody to fighting at will firefighting crews backing braces in british columbia and officials. one how is this? the situation is still serious with 386 spies, still burning across the province. well that 27000 people at the place under evacuation. donald trump says he plans to turn himself into authorities in atlanta, georgia on thursday to face charges connected with his indictment. bond has been said, a 200000 done is the form of us president stands accused of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 election. ross trump says the case is on, and this will be motivated to do this marxist and football news spans victoria, as well as cub spot spent the nightstand appraising with their success with thousands of delighted fans in bridge as a victory over england in sundays, final deliver it a 1st women's world cup to the european nation and they received the heroes welcome in the spanish capital. upon their arrival gets

a number of control the seas surrounding the team before and off to the tournament, has threatened to derail the revolt. and then your boss, i don't know the database for it is with me, a professional pay it herself is paid in several countries including spain. it's really good to have your industry. it was such a phenomenal tournament, spectacular football on the page and explains 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 will miss the button span. i mean, you could really see that when i was playing where they were headed somewhere big, there's a lot of talent in that country. but leading up to this tournament that talent wasn't seemed 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 divided because the 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 create a 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 cause 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 and our miles about their victory. because it's almost like it could be forgotten the flight 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 obvious, you know, dominating the headlines, taking away from what these remarkable them and achieved on the page is the actions of the football. the spanish football federation president told us, tell us a little bit more about that. right, so uh spanish as a president, luis ruby alice,

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, 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 plays on instagram live. you could see that they were asking jennifer her most all 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 her 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? fairly quickly done here before i let you go, i just want to get your overall sense of this tournament. and ended so you need to see 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 smash 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 1st day in australia. daniel, always good spoken to you about this. we appreciate your insights to and you're watching dw news live from the lin. a reminder of our top story, thailand's pulled a prime minister taps and she and a watch has been jailed for 8 years on long standing corruption related charges. he

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