are you not prepared to give hun manet, the son of. to give hun manet, the son of hun sen, a chance?k he is a prisoner _ hun sen, a chance? i think he is a prisoner of _ hun sen, a chance? i think he is a prisoner of the _ hun sen, a chance? i think he is a prisoner of the system. i is a prisoner of the system. remember what happened to syria in 2000 when al—assad was replaced by his son, more educated and more open, presumably, people expected there would be an improvement of the regime. hat there would be an improvement of the regime.— of the regime. not at all. the americans — of the regime. not at all. the americans are _ of the regime. not at all. the americans are hoping - of the regime. not at all. the americans are hoping that. americans are hoping that because they are aware he was educated at west point. he was also educated in part in the united kingdom. what the west sees in hun manet, i think, is the possibility of a leader who is more open than his father. this is exactly what the west expected from bashar al—assad. but the child is worse than the father because the reg

are you not prepared to give hun manet, son of hun sen, a chance?o syria in 2000 when hafez al—assad was replaced by his son, a more educated and more open, presumably — people expected there would be an improvement of the regime. not at all. the americans are hoping that because they are aware that he was educated in part at west point. he was also educated in part in the united kingdom. what the west sees in hun manet, i think, is the possibility of a leader who is more open than his father. this is exactly what the west expected from bashar al—assad. actually the child is worse than the father because the regime remained the same. actually the son is a prisoner of the system set up by the father. this is true in syria as well as in cambodia. whether or not that message is getting through in capitals like washington and london, it certainly does not seem to cut any ice in the capital that matters the most when it comes to diplomacy and that is beijing, because beijing, it seems, has an ironclad alliance with hun sen and the current cambodian gover

hun manet has been appointed prime minister by cambodia's king. ter a landslide election victory injuly. many analysts say stability was established, but critics say democracy was stifled under his rule. our south east asia correspondentjonathan head gave us more details of the new prime minister's background. hun sen's eldest son, hun manet, who is 45 years old, is now the new prime minister, although he has to go before parliament to have his new government confirmed in the next couple of weeks, but that's a mere formality, as well, because the ruling party, which is very much hun sen's own vehicle, completely dominates parliament after an election in which the main opposition was actually banned from contesting it. so the new prime minister is a much younger face, a different generation. little known, really. he's been very prominent in the cambodian army. he's western—educated, unlike his father, who came up through the crucible of the khmer rouge revolution, a very sort of different background, but not tested in politics. he's only really been

you're not prepared to give hun manet�*s son, hun sen a chance? and more open, presumably. people expect that, oh, there will be an improvement of the regime. not at all. i mean, the americans are certainly hoping that because they're very aware that he was educated in part at the military academy at west point. he also was educated in part in the united kingdom. what the west sees in hun manet, i think, is the possibility of a leader who is more open than his father. this is exactly what the west expected from bashar al—assad. actually, the son is worse than the father because the regime remains the same. actually, the son is a prisoner of the system set up by the father. this is true in syria as well as in cambodia. well, whether or not that message is getting through in capitals like washington and london, it certainly doesn't seem to be cutting any ice in the capital that arguably matters most when it comes to diplomacy. and that is beijing, because beijing has, it seems, an iron clad alliance with hun sen and the current cambodian government.

the world's longest ruling leaders, hun sen of cambodia, is about to hand over power to his son, hun manety�*s election, hun sen announced he was stepping down as prime minister and handing power to his eldest son. the move ends his decades—long reign during which he established stability after years of war but stifled democracy in the process. live now to our south asia correspondentjonathan head. tell us then, about the proceedings, what is expected? it has already happened the king has issued a decree about an hour ago stating that hun sen's eldest son, hun manet who is 45 is the new prime minister although he has to go before parliament to have his new government confirmed in the next couple of weeks that is a formality as well because the ruling party which is very much hun sen's own vehicle completely dominates parliament after an election which the main opposition was banned from contesting. the new prime minister is a much younger face, a different generation, little—known, he has been very prominent in the cambodian army, is western educated unlike his father who came up through t

one of the world's longest serving leaders, hun sen of cambodia, has handed over power to his son hun manetn made the announcement after a landslide election victory injuly. many analysts say stability was established, but democracy was stifled under his rule. 0ur south east asia correspondent jonathan head gave us more details of the new prime minister's background. hun sen's eldest son, hun manet, who is a5—years—old, is now the new prime minister, although he has to go before parliament to have his new government confirmed in the next couple of weeks, but that's a mere formality, as well, because the ruling party, which is very much hun sen's own vehicle, completely dominates parliament after an election in which the main opposition was actually banned from contesting it. so the new prime minister is a much younger face, a different generation. little known, really. he's been very prominent in the cambodian army. he's western—educated, unlike his father, who came up through the crucible of the khmer rouge revolution, a very sort of different background, but not tested in politics. he's o

i think cambodia, hun manet�*s room for manoeuvre is very limited. he depends on chinese support.it leans heavily on china for the support of the survival of the regime. in thailand, i think what people will be looking for is a defined foreign policy — not a shift but more ambition and clarity. under the military allowed governments of the last nine years thailand has drifted. it has had an odd policy on myanmar and it has not explicitly shifted to china but there has not been much clarity and perhaps we will get a more clear—cut foreign policy and possibly one that is a little more closely aligned to the other big asean countries. jonathan, it is always great to get your analysis. thank you forjoining us this morning. beijing has half of the taxes on the sharemarket to revitalise trading. the finance ministry says it hopes the reduction which has come into effect will boost investor confidence. china stock markets have slumped in recent months — a reflection of general difficulties in the economy. a rebound is expected following the lifting of covid restrictions and also problems

the world's longest serving leaders... ..hun sen of cambodia, has handed over power to his son, hun manetlished — but democracy was stifled — under his rule. 0ur south east asia correspondent jonathan head sent this update. hun sen's eldest son hun manet is now the new prime minister, although he has to go before parliament to have his new government confirmed in the next couple of weeks but that is a formality as well because the ruling party, which is very much hun sen's own vehicle, completely dominates parliament after an election in which the main opposition was actually banned from contesting it. so the new prime minister is a much younger face, a different generation, little—known — has been very prominent in the cambodian army and western educated, unlike his father, who came up through the crucible of a revolution, a very different background, but not tested in politics. has really only been active in politics in the last year so nobody knows what kind of prime minister he is going to be but i think the hope is that this a gradual transition and does not create any dramatic chang

cambodia's parliament confirmed army commander hun manet as prime minister. for almost four decades. his father stepped down after a landslide election victory in july that was widely condemned as a sham. hun manet indicated he'll continue to exert a powerful grip on cambodian affairs. you're live with bbc news. former president donald trump will head back to atlanta georgia to turn himself in after his indictment there. that's over alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. mr trump posted on his social media site truth social that he will go to the fulton countyjail to be "arrested." the date was set in negotiations between his lawyers and the district attorney's office, where mr trump also agreed to a 200 thousand dollar bond and other release conditions. the former president and 18 other defendants face charges of election fraud, racketeering, and more in the indictment — allegations he has denied. mr trump's appearance in court will be the morning after republican presidential candidates will take the stage for the first debate of

hun manet is a military general. analysts say hun sen is expected to keep wielding the bulk of cambodian political power even as he transfers the premiership to his son. china, russia, south africa have called for expanding the ranks of brics nations at the group's summit is underway in johannesburg, south africa. brics currently includes brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa, but a number of countries from the global south have expressed interest in joining, including saudi arabia, indonesia, iran, argentina, and egypt. the brazilian president luiz inacio lula da silva addressed the summit tuesday. >> i have been looking at adopting a common trade currency that won't replace our national currencies. we have already overtaken the g-7 and are responsible for 32% of the world's gdp in purchasing power parity terms. projections indicate emergent developing markets are the ones that will show the highest rate of growth in the coming years. amy: russia said three people were killed in drone strikes earlier today i

what the west sees in hun manet, i think, is the possibility of a leader who is more open than his fatherassad. actually, the son is worse than the father because the regime remains the same. actually, the son is a prisoner of the system set up by the father. this is true in syria as well as in cambodia. well, whether or not that message is getting through in capitals like washington and london, it certainly doesn't seem to be cutting any ice in the capital that arguably matters most when it comes to diplomacy. and that is beijing, because beijing has, it seems, an iron clad alliance with hun sen and the current cambodian government. nothing you say or do is going to change that, is it? because the strategic alliance between hun sen and beijing is crucial to hun sen, is existential to hun sen and for china? china has decided to make cambodia a military stronghold, an outpost stephen speaking to the exiled cambodian opposition leader, sam ramsey. he can see the full interview here on bbc news, just check the schedule online. ——just check the schedule for your region online. all this week o

cambodia's national assembly approved hun manet as the country's new prime minister. njuly. a flagship russian long—range bombing aircraft has been destroyed, reportedly in a ukrainian drone strike. this image posted on social media, and analysed by bbc verify, shows the supersonic plane ablaze. it's an aircraft russia has used extensively to attack ukrainian cities. it comes as ukraine's president zelensky says greece will help train ukrainian airforce pilots to fly f—16jets. he made the comments during a joint press conference in athens, with greece's prime minister. his visit there is the fourth stop in a tour of european countries, including sweden, denmark, and the netherlands. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has more. this is president zelensky in his comfort zone. he is at ease on these whistle—stop foreign policy trips, and they bring concrete results typically. in the case of the netherlands and denmark, the us hasjust given them the green light to deliver their f—16 fighter them the green light to deliver their f—16fighterjets to ukraine. we are ta