u win myint is a longstanding ally of aung san suu kyi and was widely expected to be chosen. the role of president has been largely ceremonial in the past two years, with ms suu kyi effectively leading the government in the role of state counsellor. the bbc‘s nick beake is in yangon in myanmar. what do we know about this new president, aside from the fact that he isa president, aside from the fact that he is a key ally of aung san suu kyi's? yeah, good morning. lots of profile pieces being written here in yang on it. we know that he is a 64—year—old former lawyer, he was a prisonerfor a time as 64—year—old former lawyer, he was a prisoner for a time as he fought to get democracy in this country. as people put together these profiles often, at there is a story about a

sworn in its news president when my into it comes as the country marks two years of civilian rule myint a close ally of diffracted leader unsung suchi stressed the need to respect the rule of media during his inauguration speech. in thailand at least twenty people were killed when a boss called fire and veered off the road the vehicle was on his way from the mean mob border to bangkok when it burst into flames almost all those on board the bus migrant workers. palestinian officials say and israeli tank shells killed a farmer in the gaza strip early on friday but israel says soldiers opened fire on two men who approached a gaza israel border fence and acted what they say was suspiciously the incident comes as boston and militant groups hamas a launch a six weeks of protest against the israeli blockade of gaza border. turning now to russia which has summoned the german and french ambassador the russian foreign ministry this comes off the kremlin announced it is expelling sixty american diplomats and shutting the u.s. consulate in st petersburg it's the latest chapter in the diplomatic row

u win myint is a longstanding ally of aung san suu kyi and was widely expected to be chosen. years, with ms suu kyi effectively leading the government in the role of state counsellor. the bbc‘s nick beake is in yangon in myanmar. what do we know about this new president, aside from the fact that he isa president, aside from the fact that he is a key ally of aung san suu kyi's? yeah, good morning. lots of profile pieces being written here in yang on it. we know that he is a 64—year—old former lawyer, he was a prisonerfor a time as 64—year—old former lawyer, he was a prisoner for a time as he fought to get democracy in this country. as people put together these profiles often, at there is a story about a time when he was in detention, his son was ill, and the military said to him that, it can visit your son in hospital if you announce politics, you give up politics. it is not to, he gave up that offer and sadly his son died. now we see him coming to the top job, nominally, sadly his son died. now we see him coming to the topjob, nominally, in politics in myanmar, we know of cou

nian man has sworn in its new president when it comes as the country marks two years of civilian rule myint a kills and i have defacto lead on sense and she stressed the need to respect the rule of the media during his inauguration speech. in thailand at least twenty people were killed when a boss caught fire and veered off the road that they thought was on its way from the man mob border to bangkok when it burst into flames one with all those on board the bus well mike than twelve because. u.s. president donald trump said american forces should be coming out of syria very soon speaking to industrial workers in the state of ohio trump lamented what he said was washington's waste of trillions of dollars in middle east and more this. he was indeed every day is coming up ahead times are changing in saudi arabia country runs builders not the world's most conservative but now its leadership wants to modernize this funny for chalk talk to ordinary saudis about their country's future . but first joins me for a business is the dutch government has announced it's slowly turning off the taps in one o