>>> a thai court accepted a suit against yingluck shinawatra. 28 senators a complain she removed a nark security chief three years ago for her own benefit. the case could oust her from office. thailand's accepted the suit. if the court rules the personnel transfer was unconstitutional. yingluck will have to immediately leave her post. last month the lower house elections were annulled. the prime minister is also facing a challenge from the anti-corruption commission. the panel is investigating charges of a dereliction of duty. if the case is forwarded to the senate, the prime minister could be impeached and removed from office. >>> a u.n. report says the 2011 nuclear accident at fukushima daiichi is not likely to cause a significant rise in new cancer cases in the immediate area. >> for the vast majority of those exposed in japan, there is no discernible increase in future cancer rates expected which means, in other words, cancer rates will remain stable. >> the u.n. scientific committee on the effects of atomic radiation released the report on wednesday. it includes analysis by over 80

it says 2.5000 refugees enter lebanon every day narks' what more than one every minute. robin, et being back to our top story, israel's decision to cancel the release of palestinian prisoners. who is an independent middle east analyst, joining us live from washington, d.c. thank you very much indeed for talking to us here. >> thank you. >> first of all, how would you characterize this particular moment in this particular french of negotiations for peace talks? the kerry initiative, because we have been here several times before, how would you describe it? >> well, i think this is a critical phase, in the current peace talks. the events that are bubbles up now, really signify deep frustration on both sides at the lack of problem, and ifky comment on the palestinian leadership to submit ally cases i think it stems from a deep sense of frustration over the difficulty in obtaining israeli concessions over settlements the status of jerusalem, and also in the four round of prisoner releases. so the negotiations are reaching a critical phase. >> and i suppose the israelis would

an narks thank you. >>> afghan men and women are defying the taliban voting in nationwide elections for taliban threatened to disrupt with violence. charlie dagg is monitoring developments in the city of kabul this morning. >> reporter: afghan voters by the millions turned out to take part in these historic presidential elections despite taliban death threats to stay away or face the consequences. those threats meant the deployment of 350,000 police and soldiers throughout the country in order to ensure a safer vote. having said that election officials had to close down 10% of the polling stations throughout the country because they were in areas that it was just too dangerous to protect. polling stations that we went to today, they were packed. there are young men and women, they were celebrating essentially, happy to be able to take part in that vote. and they told us it wasn't just about placing a vote for their presidential candidates. it was about sending a message to the taliban that they wouldn't be frightened away. now, even preliminary results aren't expected to come in for a c