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ahead of he vote, mr pita said he's confident in the result.e bbc of the lava spewing out of a volcano in iceland. these are live images. it lies some 37—miles, or 60 kilometers from the country's capital, reykjavik. there had been intense seismic activity in the area in the past few days prior to the eruption. officials had to warn curious onlookers to stay away from the area. locals have been avised to shut tehir windows and switch off their ventilation system, to make sure no toxic gases spread into nearby homes. we ta ke we take an hour to their cityscape of london. alcoholics of their emma lund have the news at the top of the other. thank you so much for watching. —— our colleagues there will have the news. hello. if you thought summer had already taken a bit of a back—seat, just wait till friday and into the weekend. this is the area of low pressure that's developing. it will be responsible for some big changes. before that arrives, and as one area of low pressure pulls away into scandinavia, into a slightly quieter spell on thursday. sti

mr pita says he will not give up, and will re—strategise to gather enough support to win in the nexthe vote as it came in on a big screen behind me and there were cheers every time an mp stood up to support the move forward leader, pita limjaroenrat, for prime minister and jeers and boos and some very colourful language every time an mp — and, in particular, the unelected senators — stood up to oppose him. few people here are surprised by this result. everyone expected this is was what would happen — that's what the senate was put there for by the military government in the past. at the same time, many are bitterly disappointed. some are saying, "what was the point in voting with such "passion back in may for a platform of sweeping "change if what they voted for is not being reflected "by the choice of government in parliament?" move forward can come back next week with their coalition partners and try again to get pita limjaroenrat elected but it's unlikely now that that will happen and what kind of government thailand ends up with is not clear at this stage. what is clear is that a