the grievances _ forward with paetongtarn? tue: grievances about forward with paetongtarn?ut the forward with paetongtarn? "tt2 grievances about the lack forward with paetongtarn? tt2 grievances about the lack of democracy in thailand, the overreach of constitutional court is not resolved and has not been resolved in decades. but taylah need to be followed anything the parties of the coalition government have every interest to keep this government to serve full term because they really worry about the opposition, particular the new people's party which is basically the move forward party so they will band together in order to make sure they can stay in power until they can stay in power until the next elections. now to the middle east, and as the latest ceasefire talks take place in qatar, its been claimed we've reached a stark milestone in the human cost of the gaza conflict. the hamas—run health ministry says the number of palestinians killed there has surpassed 40,000. it's a number that's disputed by israel. the figure does not distinguish between civilians and fighters

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paetongtarn shinawatra's election sees the return of the powerful and divisive shinawatra dynasty.erfather, thaksin shinawatra, was prime minister from 2001 to 2006. he was deposed in a military coup and lived in self—imposed exile for 15 years, during which he was convicted of corruption. he returned to thailand last year. mr thaksin�*s brother—in—law, somchai wongsawat, led the nation for less than three months in 2008. an anti—corruption body found him guilty of neglecting his duties while working in the justice department eight years earlier. mr thaksin�*s sister, yingluck shinawatra, was in powerfor three years. she was removed from office by the constitutional court. following the 2014 coup, she was arrested, but she left the country and continues to live in exile. which brings us to friday, and mr thaksin�*s daughter, paetongtarn shinawatra, elected as prime minister by parliament, despite never having held public office. 0ur south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, told me support for paetongtarn shinawatra would depend on which side of the political divide people sit.

ms paetongtarn faces the difficult task of reviving thailand's stalled economy and avoiding the militarysed four previous administrations led by her party. for more we'rejoined from singapore by analyst richard yarrow, a research fellow with the center for business & government at harvard kennedy school. thailand has gone through political chaos. the first democratically elected prime minister after a coup led government only survived a year. the main opposition party, which was also democratically elected, was also forcibly dissolved by the constitutional court just before the prime minister was forced out of office. thailand is in a state of political turmoil. economically the economy has been mediocre. there have been a lot of big government policies... there have been verbal commitments, talk about... but no clarity over whether they will be implemented, including infrastructure like thailand's landbridge, a major label —— rail line linking bangkok to china as well as a digital wallet programme which the current ruling party has been campaigning on. no clarity on if it will be permit

paetongtarn shinawatra has been speaking in the past few minutes.om the other parliament. i'm so excited to be here today, and thank you all for coming. and, of course, every task in the future, we are going to do our best. today i feel very honoured and i feel very happy stop let's go live to bangkok and our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head. 1. familiarfamily and in some familiar family and in some way familiarfamily and in some way a familiar family and in some way a new face because she led the campaign last year. she is a good campaigner. as you soften that clip, she comes across as quite natural and young and excited by the job. i think a lot of times like that. but the family is controversial, there are many conservative thai word macs you don't trust her father, that is certainly one of the reason why they ruled against the former prime minister. so for somebody who is inexperienced like paetongtarn shinawatra, she has a big job to do, she has to watch out for the courts moving against her, she has to hold together a very uneasy c

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the king of thailand has endorsed paetongtarn shinawatra as the country's new prime minister.tal, bangkok. while the royal endorsement is a formality after the 37—year—old was elected by parliament on friday, it paves the way for ms paetongtarn to form a cabinet. shinawatra took office just days after her predecessor was ousted by a shock court ruling. prince harry and meghan's tour of colombia continues as the pair visited a music school on the penultimate day of their four—day trip. the duke and duchess of sussex were greeted by the sound of booming drums as they arrived at the school in cartagena on saturday. our south america correspondent ione wells has more. this may look like a typical sleepy saturday on the beach but this colombian coastal city is preparing for a big vip visit. dozens of soldiers surrounded this traditional percussion school, preparing for the arrival of prince harry and meghan and the country's vice president. the city of cartagena is the second place they have visited on the troop to columbia for the third day of their tour. today was filled with vis

here's some of what paetongtarn shinawatra had to say.t of people from my party. and i decided that it is about time to do something for the country and for the party as well. and i hope that i can do my best to... ..make the country go forward. that...is what i try to do. right now, of course today, i feel very honoured and i feel very happy. our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, in bangkok gave us his analysis. she's a good campaigner. she will come across as very natural in the way that she came to the job. she led the campaign of her party last year, but she is not a political heavyweight. she doesn't have a lot of experience. she spent a lot of time working for her family hotel business, she onlyjoined the party tee years ago. in that sense, she is untested and, given the very tricky nature of thailand politics at the moment, most people would see hertz facing a serious challenge in holding her coalition government together. in order to meet the expectations of voters that she can revive the economy, something her predato

some people, i think, who will like the fact that paetongtarn is inexperienced. job to try and restore the popularity of her party. and there are those, of course, who are still bitterly opposed to mr thaksin, particularly in the conservatives. there was a grand bargain between them and mr thaksin that allowed him to come back from exile last year, because these conservatives feared the more radical reformist move forward party, which actually won the election even more. of course, the party wasn't allowed to form a government and has now been dissolved, but it is an uneasy coalition that paetongtarn shinawatra now has to sit over, including many people who've loathed herfatherfor a long time. and of course, as you alluded to, the courts are so powerful in thailand. the military is so powerful. they can step in at any time and unseat a government they see as somehow threatening the interests, in particular of the monarchy. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. we're moving into a quieter couple of days of weather, which is good news because the weekend is just a

following her endorsement from the king, paetongtarn shinawatra addressed the public.or not. i promise to serve everyone equally and wholeheartedly. every age, every gender, every diversity. together, let's turn any change, any challenges into opportunities, making thailand a place where everyone can dream, create and shape their future. thank you. health ministers in southern africa have agreed to hold an urgent meeting to assess the impact of mpox in the region. it comes as the africa centres for diseases control and prevention declared its first ever public health emergency, with 18,000 cases and 500 deaths reported since january. let's speak to now to our africa regional editor, richard kagoe. richard, welcome to you, bring us the latest on the mpox epidemic --. .. mpox has been spreading across different regions _ --. .. mpox has been spreading across different regions in _ --. .. mpox has been spreading across different regions in the _ --. .. mpox has been spreading across different regions in the continent - different regions in the continent and so far we have

following her endorsement from the king, paetongtarn shinawatra addressed the public. the people of thailand, whether you voted for me or not. i promise to serve everyone equally and wholeheartedly. every age, every gender, every diversity. together, let's turn any change, any challenges into opportunities, making thailand a place where everyone can dream, create and shape their future. thank you. here in the uk, the home office says it will include extreme misogyny among types of extremism which the government should take steps to tackle. it's started a review of potential gaps in the current system and the government says it will develop plans to map and monitor extremist trends both on and offline. the home secretary yvette cooper said that for too long governments had failed to address the issue. here's our political correspondent charlotte rose with more on how the government plans. yvette cooper is saying there will be a step change in how the government tackles extremism whether offline are online and applied this rapid review by civil servants into how it is de

maiden visit he is trying to address some of those issues. in thailand, the parliament has picked paetongtarnas prime minister. she's the daughter of billionaire tycoon and former leader thaksin. she faces the difficult task of reviving the stalled economy and avoiding a military coup which has been imposed by a previous governments.- which has been imposed by a previous governments. right now thailand has _ previous governments. right now thailand has gone _ previous governments. right now thailand has gone through - previous governments. right now thailand has gone through a - previous governments. right now thailand has gone through a lot l thailand has gone through a lot of political chaos in the previous prime minister, the first democratically or democratically installed prime minister after nine—year—old coup led government only survived for one year. the main opposition party which was also a democratically illiterate that party was also forcibly dissolved by the constitutional courtjust before the prime minister was forced out of office. thailand is in a state office. thailand is in

following her endorsement from the king, paetongtarn shinawatra addressed the public.e to thank the people of thailand, whether you voted for me or not. i promise to serve everyone equally and wholeheartedly. every age, every gender, every diversity. together, let's turn any challenges into opportunities, making thailand a place where everyone can dream, create and shape their future. thank you. the london fire brigade is investigating the cause of a fire which damaged part of the roof at somerset house. more than 120 firefighters tackled the blaze at the historic building in central london which started at lunchtime yesterday. our culture reporter, noor nanji, reports. clouds of grey smoke filling the central london skyline on a busy saturday afternoon. they came from a fire that broke out in somerset house just before midday. staff and visitors were evacuated and 20 fire engines were sent to the scene. this is where efforts to tackle the fire are being focussed. on the side of the river that faces the river thames. you can see some of the scale of the operation behin

this is what paetongtarn shinawatra had to say. lot of people from my party, and i decided that it's about time to do something for the country and for the party as well. and ijust, i hope that i can do my best to, you know, make the country go forward. but that's what i... that's what i try, i try to do. and, um, right now, of course, today i feel very honoured and i feel very happy. let's go live to bangkok and our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head. tell us more about this new face at the top of thai word mat politics. as you see there, she is a very fresh young face, she will come across to many ties is very natural in the way that she responded to getting the job. in the way that she responded to getting thejob. she is not an unfamiliarface because getting thejob. she is not an unfamiliar face because she led the campaign of her party last year, but she is not a political heavyweight, she is not a political heavyweight, she doesn't have a lot of experience. she spent most of her time in recent years working for her f

paetongtarn shinawatra's nomination will be put to a vote in parliament later on friday.avisin as prime minister. it accused him of a gross violation of ethics for appointing a lawyer to his cabinet who'd served time injail. earlier this month, they ordered the dissolution of move forward, the country's most popular party, over its election promise to reform thailand's strict lese—majesty law. let's get the latest from our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. this is an unusual way to become prime minister but

following her endorsement from the king, paetongtarn shinawatra addressed the public. people of thailand, whether you voted for me or not. i promise to serve everyone equally and wholeheartedly. every age, every gender, every diversity. together, let's turn any change, any challenges into opportunities, making thailand a place where everyone can dream, create and shape their future. thank you. russia's air defence units destroyed five drones that ukraine launched overnight targeting the border kursk, belgorod and rostov regions, according to russia's defence ministry. it comes after the ukrainian military released a video, which it says shows the destruction of a key bridge inside the kursk region of russia. this video shows large explosions on the structure, about 11 kilometres from the border, volodymyr omelya is a major in the ukrainian armed forces. he's been speaking to my colleague, lewis vaughan—jones, and outlined what ukraine's long—term plan for the incursion is. ukrainian armed forces flip the table. putin's dream was to trade ukrainian territory and to cut

in the coming hour, thailand's king is expected to endorse the country's latest prime minister, paetongtarnurn of the shinawatra dynasty to power. she's the daughter of the billionaire tycoon and former leader thaksin shinawatra and says she is "very honoured and happy" to take up the post. her predecessor, srettha thavisin, was dismissed earlier this week by the constitutional court.

thailand's king is shortly expected to endorse the country's latest prime minister, paetongtarn shinawatraland's king is shortly expected to endorse the country's latest prime minister, paetongtarn shinawatra, shortly after the announcement, ms shinawatra said she felt it was time for her to serve.

following her endorsement from the king, paetongtarn shinawatra addressed the public.serve everyone equally and wholeheartedly. every age, every gender, every diversity. together, let's turn any challenges into opportunities, making thailand a place where everyone can dream, create and shape their future. thank you. vietnam's top leader, to lam, is on a three—day visit to china. his first overseas trip since taking up the role. chinese state media reports he arrived in guangzhou — an industrial and export hub near hong kong. he's due to meet with chinese leader xijinping and other senior officials during the trip. he's also expected to visit sites where the former vietnamese communist leader ho chi minh spent time. several people have been injured after a ferris wheel caught fire at a music festival in eastern germany. videos show two carriages on the wheel alight, with smoke billowing into the air near the city of leipzig. 18 people were taken to hospital including one person who was injured in a fall and four people with burns. the cause of the fire is still being in

decided that he was to go to prison for 56 months, and he will also thailand's parliament has picked paetongtarned 37, she will be thailand's youngest leader and the second woman in the post. her election by parliament marks the return of the divisive shinawatra dynasty to power. she's the daughter of the billionaire tycoon and former leader thaksin shinawatra and says she is "very honoured and happy" to take up the post. her predecessor srettha thavisin was dismissed earlier this week by the constitutional court. duncan mccargo, the president's chair in global affairs at nanyang technological university in singapore, sets out what we actually know about this new prime minister. patch on time has some experience of working in shinawatra family businesses, and she recently was out on the campaign trail last year, spearheading some of the campaigning that the party did during the election. but beyond that, she doesn't really have a great deal of political experience. she's a neophyte, and nobody�*s under any illusions about the fact that the reason why she's become prime minister today is simply t

his daughter, paetongtarn, became thailand's prime minister on friday.fuel and other supplies for those onboard — including two nasa astronauts stuck there for several months. the unpiloted spacecraft, named progress 89, successfully transferred about three tonnes of supplies. nasa says it will remain docked for approximately six months before returning to earth. two nasa astronauts, butch wilmore and suni william, are stuck on the international space station because of safety concerns over the boeing starliner capsule that was meant to take them home. they were originally expected to return home after eight days. the us space agency has delayed a decision on how to bring them home, saying it will make a call by the end of the month. arcade game fans are preparing to compete in what's being described as the uk's only dedicated pinball event this weekend. pinfest uk will see some of the best compete in the three—day tournament. our reporter, laura foster, met one of the regional champions who'll be taking part. a warning, her report contains flashing imag

the king of thailand has endorsed paetongtarn shinawatra as the country's new prime minister. her investiture comes on the same day her father — now on bbc news, click. this week, we're looking back at some of our favourite forms of transportation. there was the time we rode around wheels of steel with a swedish scooter that's as flat—packed as its furniture! with the curve—folding, we dance with the metal. alasdair uses a bit more pedal power. i can feel the device - giving me a boost as i cycle. only a bit, though! but how do the same engineers create this? no, that is not real. that cannot be real! adrienne checks out a pioneering scheme to get electric cars moving around our cities. we can get the pick—up down. yep. there we go. oh, yeah. i can see the green light. and paul is on his latest railway adventure, trialling a new kind of train in italy. scooters. they're lean, nifty, greener than cars — really green if they're electric — but there's one thing about them that could still be greener... the way they're made and what they're made from. this is stilride i. it has on

pay paetongtarn, shinawatra has been elected the new prime minister of thailand and now awaits formal royal approval before taking office. she is the daughter and niece of former prime ministers, both of whom were forced out of power by military coup in addition to opposition parties both right and left, she faces the difficult task of improving the country's sluggish economy. now, for more, we're joined law i've by t2 non pongsudhirak, senior fellow at the institute of security and international studies and in bangkok, welcome to the program first, i'd like to refer to something you wrote a few weeks ago. you said that quote thailand's political direction was not determined by voting, but either sure, a military coup or by judicial intervention. that is pattern has been maintained since i think you wrote that before the former prime minister was pushed out of power, just a few days ago, what exactly do you mean by that? >> while we've seen a systematic pattern since 2006 when vote results do not count some of the biggest winning parties have been dissolved time and again. in 2000, 7,