any shinawatra, because there has been a vendetta against there has been a vendetta against the shinawatraofessor chambers. what do you think will be the next move of the government? i mean, they cannot impose this five—year sentence. will they take it against the family, who still live in thailand, do you think? well, first of all, the sentences on appeal. so she has a chance to come and try and appeal the case. but, that being said, the military government can go after her family in the sense that going after other shinawatras as well. so right now, the son of thaksin shinawatra is being investigated for some allegations of corruption. so again, more members of the shinawatra family. it is a vendetta against the shinawatra regime which forcibly and illegally took power in 2014. so what is your reaction, professor chambers, to the thai prime minister, who says that he knows where yingluck shinawatra is currently located? well, he... everyone would say, well, where is she located? everyone would say, well, where is she located ? he everyone would say, well, where is she located? he also sa

verdict guilty local media in thailand say the former prime minister yingluck shinawatra has been sentenced to five years in prison for corruption. new accounts of sexual violence targeting women and. the kurdish regional governments transport minister has rejected a demand from iraq to relinquish control of its ports baghdad says it will ban international flights from landing in kurdish regional airports from friday it follows monday's session vote unofficial estimates say the referendum was passed russia hold on iraqi and kurdish leaders to avoid pursuing actions that may further destabilize the region let's get more on that for you joining us live from bill is our correspondent key question i guess is what happens next. well that's the key question here when it comes to the airports which is really the . conversation today in this part of the world. civil authority has also notified the foreign airliners. international flights to both the airport and the minister from fifteen hundred g.m.t. on friday our every did say that domestic flights will continue. as . borders as we know as of now

guilty verdict the supreme court in thailand sentences former prime minister yingluck shinawatra to five years in prison for corruption. the u.s. defense secretary and nato secretary general in kabul sells a new afghan policy that may not be all that new plus. a show of force from south africa's largest workers' union its main demand president jacob zuma must go. iraq's kurdish region is about ten ounces the official results from monday's succession referendum an official estimate say kurds have voted yes iraqi prime minister body is ready regional leaders to cancel the results it's good morning from me joining us live from bill we waiting on the results what are you hearing how is it going to work. well we're waiting for the results the first said that they were supposed to be announced a short while ago. however the room where the press conference is going to happen is full with journalism everybody is really on standby even the people here in this square behind me everybody has been coming and asking us do you know what the results are so this is a certain level of anticipation among

i don't know what's the political future but the people always support the shinawatra the party will always vote for the poor thai party with a without the chena what's the verdict means that depending on the political situation you know what is unlikely to be back in thailand for a long time if at all wayne hay al jazeera bangkok the governor of tokyo has launched a new political party and it adds more uncertainties in next month's general election in japan. is promising to end nuclear power and freeze a proposed tax hike prime minister shinzo of be announced the snap election on monday. there have been brought in uganda as parliament for a second day. the latest ones happened during a debate over changes to laws about the upper age limit for president at the moment presidents have to quit when they reach seventy five years old currently don't you worry most of any is seventy three and he's seeking an amendment to the law so he can run for a sixth term brazil is investigating the reported massacre of up to ten members of an isolated amazonian tribe it's believed that the indigenous

watching al jazeera live from doha also coming up verdict guilty the former prime minister yingluck shinawatra has been sentenced to five years in prison for corruption. a landmark decision saudi arabia will allow women to drive for the first time starting next. plus we'll look at how a chance discovery revealed a brand new work by one of the world's most popular authors more than a century after he died. the kurdish regional government transport minister has rejected a demand from iraq to relinquish control of its ports baghdad has threatened to ban international flights from landing unless a bill agrees to that measure it follows monday's kurdish independence vote unofficial estimates say the referendum has been passed although russia and france upholding kurdish leaders to avoid pursuing actions that me that d. stabilize the region shall stratford from. the rhetoric and threats continue and from both sides iraq and that there are still is still occupying some parts of kirkuk and some parts of iraq i sill is still a threat to the cities with some of our brothers in iraqi kurdistan a living w

supreme court prepares to announce its corruption verdict against the former prime minister yingluck shinawatra. a landmark decision saudi arabia will allow women to drive for the first time starting next year. plus we'll look at how a chance discovery has revealed a brand new work by one of the world's most popular authors more than a century after his death. top story iraq demanding the kurdish regional government surrender control of its airports or face a ban on international flights baghdad is increasing the pressure on the kurdish leadership of a monday secession referendum the vote went ahead despite objections from iraq iran syria the u.s. and turkey shall stratford is in bill. the rhetoric and threats continue and from both sides. iraq to me that i still is still occupying some parts of kirkuk and some parts of iraq i still is still a threat to the cities with some of our brothers in iraqi kurdistan a living we must not divide iraq according to or through all viral referendum that is completely rejected such language will go down well with the international community including the u.s.

coming up the verdict is guilty local media in thailand say the former prime minister yingluck shinawatra has been sentenced to five years in prison for corruption. a landmark decision in saudi arabia will allow women to drive for the first time starting next june plus. it's a welcome break from the fear of a nuclear attack south korea holds a film festival to call for peace. russia and france have called on kurdish leaders not to pursue actions that may further destabilize the region they are the latest international powers to call on the bill to remain part of iraq in the wake of monday's session referendum moscow called for talks between baghdad and the courteously. the ship the french foreign minister says a declaration of independence would trigger a new crisis meanwhile iraq is demanding the kurdish regional government surrender control of its airports or face a ban of international flights charles stratford reports from bill gates the rhetoric and threats continue and from both sides iraq the need that's out of that i still is still occupying some parts of kirkuk and some parts of

court is expected to deliver the verdict in the corruption case of former prime minister yingluck shinawatra who fled the country last month. but first iraq has ordered the kurdistan regional government to surrender control of its poles all face an embargo on. international flights it's all part of mounting pressure on the kurdish leadership over its secession referendum which was held on monday now initial results are showing that may's people voted yes in this non-binding referendum that ripple through. the rhetoric and threats continue and from both sides. are still is still occupying some parts of kirkuk and some parts of iraq are still is still a threat to the cities with some of the brothers in iraqi kurdistan a living we must not divide iraq according to or through or viral referendum that is completely rejected such language will go down well with the international community including the u.s. and the e.u. each sent the timing of the vote could weaken iraq's unity at a time when the fight against terrorism is paramount and about he says the kurdish referendum on independence was unco

of august twenty fifth and it's believed she is in dubai which is where her brother lives taxon shinawatra now the former type prime minister who is living in exile in dubai avoiding a jail sentence for abusing his power and weighing what effect could a guilty verdict have on the broader political situation in thailand. well i think there is no doubt that the chena wants you to watch in tax and they have a thai party enjoy a lot of support around the country still there are a couple of hundred people have turned up to the court here today to hear the verdict being. down by the supreme court judges there were a lot more people came on august twenty fifth but despite that support i think if there is a guilty verdict handed down it's highly unlikely we'll see any mass mobilization of supporters of yingluck shinawatra on the streets of thailand because really since her government was removed from office in a coup in two thousand and fourteen it's been very difficult if not impossible for those supporters for opponents of the military to mobilize anything on the streets the military government

supreme court is expected to deliver corruption verdict against former prime minister yingluck shinawatra fled the country last month. changing gears saudi arabia would allow women to drive for the first time from next year. and donald trump says he'll go to puerto rico after being criticized for his lack of empathy in the u.s. territory hit by hurricane maria. iraq is over the kurdistan regional government to surrender control of its airports or face an embargo on international flights as part of mounting pressure on the kurdish leadership everett secession referendum on monday initial results show most people voted yes in the non-binding referendum but reports from. the rhetoric and threats continue and from both sides. iraq to me that at that i still is still occupying some parts of kirkuk and some parts of iraq i still is still a threat to the cities with some of our brothers in iraqi kurdistan a living we must not divide iraq according to or through all viral referendum that is completely rejected such language will go down well with the international community including the u.s. and

thailand's former prime minister yingluck shinawatra has been sentenced to five years in prison she's fled into exile. and how the push to defeat the hottest is taking a heavy toll on the people of somalia will have an exclusive report. plus a long and winding road towards forming a new government germany's general election last weekend means chancellor merkel has been swayed to other parties to join her conservatives now that could take months. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show saudi arabia says it will begin allowing women to drive now it is a big leap for the old truck conservative nation the only one to bar women from getting behind the wheel a royal decree announced on state t.v. says the ban would be lifted in june now in the meantime a committee will be formed to work out how to implement that royal decree. the streets of saudi arabia have long been a battleground on one hand women wanting to drive on the other the religious conservatives who have called them too stupid their mobility a threat to society now it is the women who have won. king solomon has issued a decree givi

been fighting for that right for years also coming up thailand's former prime minister yingluck shinawatra has been sentenced to five years in jail but she fled into exile. and a woman to lead germany's opposition the social democrats select on they had knowledge of their left wing to head the group in parliament. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us saudi arabia says it's going to allow women to drive it's a big leap forward for the ultra conservative nation the only one to bar women from getting behind the wheel a royal decree announced on state television said the ban would be lifted in june in the meantime a committee will be formed to work out how to implement that to create it came as something of a surprise we'll find out why it's been issued at this time for us this report. the streets of saudi arabia have long been a battleground on one hand women wanting to drive on the other the religious conservatives who have called them too stupid their mobility a threat to society now it is the women who have won. king solomon has issued a decree giving them the right to apply for

highest court has sentenced former prime minister yingluck shinawatra five years in prison for corruption she was found guilty of negligence and i rice subsidy case her government set up what left the country last month when has more from bangkok. it took the nine supreme court judges four hours to deliver the guilty verdict for the former thai prime minister yingluck shinawatra and to hand down a jail sentence in absentia of five years of course the verdict was greeted with sadness and disappointment by supporters of what he would gather outside the supreme court here in the thai capital bangkok but there probably also was an expectation that they would be a guilty verdict and some sort of jail term given that on the twenty fifth the bogus which was the original date that the verdict was supposed to be handed down there were some severe jail sentences handed down by the supreme court judges for others involved in deals linked to the rise pledging scheme like a former cabinet minister in. government and a rise exporter who were both given more than forty years in jail as being like what w

in jail she was found guilty of failing to stop corruption in a government rice subsidies scheme shinawatra was not present when the sentence was read out she fled the country in august when the verdict was originally due. well for more on this story let's bring in our correspondent florian knows she's standing by for us in bangkok florian first of all yang looks right subsidies scheme was deemed a failure but governments make lots of costly mistakes all the time why did this result in criminal prosecution. i think there are two answers to that one one legal istic one if you listen to the judges they have a unanimous vote saying that members of your glocks administration actually falsified a government to government rise deal and that that was also corruption involved which you know it wasn't hard to but she should have overseen that which she didn't so she was accused of negligence and that is the legal istic answer but i would argue that there is and that is more important a political answer now the. party has been very popular over the last two decades with the rural population the poor

there's no doubt the shinawatra and their party still enjoy a lot of support around thailand but there's unlikely to be any significant mobilization of those supporters following this verdict since the military coup in two thousand and fourteen that saw the young like government removed from office the military has clamped down on dissent and opposition voices. this you know what's believed are victims of a campaign by the establishment and military to remove them from politics for good . the supporters may have been largely silenced but they refused to give out i don't know what the political future is but the people always support the chena what's the party will always vote for the poor type party with or without the chena what's the verdict means that depending on the political situation you know what is unlikely to be back in thailand for a long time if at all wayne hay al jazeera bangkok villagers who fled an active volcano on the pacific island nation of ottawa two are facing food and water shortages according to aid workers around seven thousand people have been forced to leave th

the thai government has confirmed that the former prime minister yingluck shinawatra has been living in dubai she was sentenced to five years in prison on weapons for negligence in a rice subsidy scheme which lost billions of dollars left thailand last month ahead of the verdicts unconfirmed reports are now claiming that she actually left by on september the eleventh and is as of today in london when he now from bangkok. prior to the verdict being delivered on wednesday the prime minister of thailand general prior china china said that he knew where it was and would tell everyone after the verdict well we now know that the former prime minister yingluck was given a five year jail term for negligence and he now says that she is in dubai the prime minister saying the police will now have to proceed and coordinate with the foreign ministry and interpol in reality though if she is in dubai it seems there is very little that the thai government will be able to do to get her back because presumably she is in dubai with her brother taxon chin what another former thai prime minister who has

yingluck shinawatra was pushed out in a crew three years ago and has been charge over her governments failed rights policy. close to 500,000 rohingya muslims have not run from permit into bangladesh. coming up, our exclusive with the road injured insurgents the first attack police in vermont wanting the mass retaliation that's been called ethnic cleansing. and a victory for rights groups in saudi arabia. women there will finally be allowed to drive starting next waser david saudi arabia the last country in the world still barring women from getting behind the wheel. has a deal been struck between paris and rome for the french shipyard that built the world's biggest cruise liner? details in our business update. and paris and all its splendor has a saint laurent fashion show near the eiffel tower. the top court in thailand has sentenced the former prime minister yingluck shinawatra to five years in prison. she was sentenced in absentia for kernel negligence after having fled the country last month. her government was toppled in a coup three years ago. she was charged over her alleged ne

the shinawatra believe they are victims of a campaign by the establishment and military to remove them from politics for good . they support his may have been largely silenced but they refused to give up. i don't know what's the political future is but the people always support the shit of what the party will always vote for the poor thai party with a without a shadow what's the verdict means that depending on the political situation you know what is unlikely to be back in thailand for a long time if at all wayne hay al jazeera bangkok now we're going to talk about the. story we cover a lot here the exodus continuing in some pretty staggering numbers which is what we want to focus on i'm going to level with you i was going to do a video on this but we've had a little technical problem so i'm going to go pretty old school here and i'm going to rush out the number for you so what we have at the moment is the united nations estimates and we have a look at my screen here that there are close to half a million ranger who have fled in the past month escaping what they call a brutal me and me

the killing will end thailand's highest court has sentenced the former prime minister yingluck shinawatra five years in prison for corruption she was found guilty of negligence in a rice subsidy case her government set up before she was ousted from power in twenty seventeen shinawatra the country last month. ranger refugees have escaped a military crackdown in me and accusing the army of raping women and go four hundred eighty thousand granger have fled to bangladesh in the past month in mas government denies the rape claims but has refused to allow international observers in to investigate. tens of thousands of south africans are holding a big nationwide strike today against government corruption and unemployment the country's largest union and a branch of the governing party who organized the protests they want the president jacob zuma to stand down and an investigation to be launched into those allegations of state corruption. drivers are marching in london against the company's working conditions the firm's license to operate wasn't renewed in london because of customer safety concern

surrounded the supreme court in bangkok last month hoping to hear a judgment in favor of young like shinawatra but the former thai prime minister didn't show up her lawyers initially said her no show was for medical reasons but it soon became clear that young luck had left the country although there have been no sightings of her the case against the former prime minister surrounds her government's policy of paying rice farmers above market price for their harvest it's alleged there was widespread corruption in the scheme and that young locke was negligent in overseeing its long protests on the streets of bangkok eventually led to her government's removal in a military coup in two thousand and fourteen you'd like and her supporters believe it's all part of an orchestrated campaign to remove the shinawatra family from thai politics it's been aiding like is either in london or dubai where her brother another former thai prime minister toxins you know what lives in exile avoiding a jail term for abusing his power he too was removed in the military coup in two thousand and six. hasn't spoken public

and thailand's former prime minister yingluck shinawatra has been sentenced to five years in jail but she's fled into exile. also on the program the crisis facing durham's left germany corbin addresses britain's labor conference with a clarion call for social democracy in the messy succeed at the ballot box after another historic defeat for the left in germany selection. and why and munich prepared to take on big spending p.s.g. and a highly anticipated champions league clash bonus league champions are confident team spirit will give them the edge. hello i'm terry martin thanks for being with us saudi arabia says it's going to allow women to drive it's a big leap forward for the ultra conservative nation the only one to bar women from getting behind the wheel a royal decree says the ban will be lifted in june the announcement came as something of a surprise and we'll find out why it's calm now but first this report the streets of saudi arabia have long been a battleground on one hand women wanting to drive on the other the religious conservatives who've called them too stupid the mobi

stop people from voting thailand's government has confirmed that former prime minister yingluck shinawatra is in dubai on wednesday she was sentenced not sencha to five years in prison but negligence in a rice subsidy scheme disappeared last month when the verdict was originally meant to be delivered south korea's marking at sixty nine forces day with a show of military might some of its weapons were put on display including ballistic missiles tensions have been high on the korean peninsula for months as north korea ramps up missile and nuclear weapons tests well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness statement thanks for watching by for that. news coverage of looking for an easy solution we delved deeper and challenge the status quo join me man in the hot sun for a new season of love from this time. one of my thoughts into this the little. you nobody this much me know me yes some water. thing or. set of issues in my state. i have a hole in my school anybody who when used with the let me let me assure chilean mine. was one of the last call noni us must

thailand's top quarter sentenced former prime minister yingluck shinawatra five years in jail for negligence in the management of a rice subsidy program if you look wasn't present for the hearing she is believed to have fled the country in august and the verdict was originally due. officials on the indonesian island of bali say they say almost one hundred thousand people have fled their homes amid fears that a nearby volcano will erupt hundreds of tremors from mt and go on the east of the island being recorded daily volcano last erupted in one nine hundred sixty three killing more than a thousand people and the women's tennis season is approaching its end but there are still want to highlight some calendar when the w t a finals take place in singapore at the end of october it will be the first time it will have been held in asia southern asia tennis talent is there on the ground for local associations working to improve the development of up and coming players in india the search is on for a future female superstar local tennis impress structure has improved a lot in recent years three time

supreme court is reading out its verdict in the corruption trial of former prime minister yingluck shinawatra whose government was toppled in a twenty fourteen who faces up to ten years in jail for negligence over a rice subsidy scheme she has attended court amid speculation she might have fled the country the us defense secretary has arrived in afghanistan's capital for an unannounced visit it's james marsters first trip to kabul since president trump announced a change in afghan policy trump wants the u.s. to focus on fighting groups rather than nation building following the war mattis is expected to hold talks with president ashraf ghani and other ministers women will be allowed to drive in saudi arabia for the first time from june next year king solomon issued a decree ending the kingdom status as the only country in the world where it's forbidden. we're happy we're certainly happy to hear that if saudi women are now able to drive certainly here in the united states we would certainly welcome that so i think we're just happy today with the steps that they are taking and i think that that

guilty verdict the supreme court in thailand sentences former prime minister yingluck shinawatra five years in prison for corruption. landmark decision saudi arabia will allow women to drive for the first time starting next year plus. a show of force from south africa's largest workers' union its main demand president jacob zuma must. be expecting the fischel results from monday's session referendum in northern iraq kurdish region any minute now an official estimates say kurds have voted yes there have been scenes of celebration in some areas but tensions are high rock in turkey . forces have been conducting military drills near the kurdish border the referendum was held the spider there despite their objections and those of syria and iran a bill has rejected a demand from iraq to relinquish control of its airports to iraqi authorities baghdad says it will ban international flights from landing in kurdish airports from friday unless regional leaders backed down russia has called for talks between the two sides while france warns a kurdish declaration of independence would trigger a cr

address in st peter's square thailand's top court has sentenced former prime minister yingluck shinawatra to five years in jail for negligence in the management of a rice subsidy program is jangle acoa wasn't present for the hearing she's believed to have fled the country in august when the verdict was originally due. officials on the indonesian island of bali say almost one hundred thousand people have fled their homes amid fears of a nearby volcano erupting hundreds of tremors from mount a goon on the east of the island are being recorded daily the volcano last erupted in one thousand nine hundred sixty three killing more than one thousand people sources within germany's conservatives as a vote on choice is to step down from his post as finance minister to become president of the german parliament the move could help chancellor merkel and she seeks to negotiate a new coalition following sunday's federal election and three days after the german election chancer americal has returned to the campaign trail this time ahead of state elections in lower saxony merkel was there to support the c

making the news this hour thailand's top court has sentenced the former prime minister yingluck shinawatra to five years in jail for alleged negligence in the management of a rice subsidy program in look was not present for the hearing she's believed to have fled the country in august when that verdict was originally due. iraq's kurdish leader has claimed victory in an independence referendum despite warnings in the central government in baghdad the final results of a monday's a vote or expected today iraq has refused to hold talks whatever the outcome is it's also threaten to impose a flight embargo on kurdish airports if regional authorities don't and them over to central control. and scuffles broke out in uganda's parliament over efforts to allow the president to extend his tenure lawmakers from the governing party want to remove legislation that bars anyone over age seventy five from running for president now that would enable president yoweri museveni to seek reelection in twenty twenty one he's been in power for more than thirty years. while staying in africa it's too small you know

activists have been fighting for that right for years and thailand's former prime minister yingluck shinawatra has been sentenced to five years in jail but she's fled into exile. plus a mega merger between europe's biggest train maker france's strong and germany's siemens sink their years long rival ready to bite off a challenge from china. hello i'm terry martin thanks for being with us migration to europe might have slowed but the issue remains bitterly divisive among the members of the european union the nations on the front line that's mainly italy and greece are still desperately calling for migrants to be resettled elsewhere in the e.u. but some other member states have bluntly refused now the e.u. commission has come up with some recommendations to address those issues let's take a look now the e.u. commission wants to let fifty thousand refugees come legally to europe it's allowing border controls inside the schengen area to continue for a maximum of three years and it wants to send home economic migrants there migrants just looking for a better paid job let's listen to europe migratio

and thailand's former prime minister yingluck shinawatra has been sentenced to five years in jail but she's fled into exile. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us migration to europe might have slowed but the main the issue remains bitterly divisive among the members of the european union the nations on the front line mainly italy and greece are still desperately calling for migrants to be resettled elsewhere in the e.u. but some other member states have bluntly refused now the e.u. commission has come up with some recommendations to address those issues let's take a look at the commission wants to let fifty thousand refugees come legally to europe it'll permit future border controls inside the schengen area for a maximum of three years and it wants to send home economic migrants those are migrants just looking for a better paid job as it were well let's listen to europe's migration commissioner in the briefing in brussels with more than sixty five million displaced that around the world we're going to stop showing what's this that's pretty people and companies posting. this

guilty verdict thailand's former prime minister yingluck shinawatra is sentenced to five years in prison for corruption plus. a strong show of force from south africa's largest workers' union the number one demand president jacob zuma must go. to. the kurdish regional governments transport minister has rejected a demand from iraq to relinquish control of its airports baghdad says it will ban international flights from landing in kurdish regional airports from friday it follows monday's succession vote unofficial estimates say the referendum has passed earlier russia called on iraqi and kurdish leaders to avoid pursuing actions that may further destabilize the region get more now from how to go home a joining us live from erbil how did you think iraq will go through with these threats. well actually just moments ago did you rocky civil aviation authorities said it had notified international airlines that it will be suspending all flights international flies from fifteen hundred g.m.t. on friday prime minister said from twelve hundred g.m.t. and now we also are seeing reports but i cannot

in just a couple minutes first time as top court has ruled that former prime minister yingluck shinawatra is guilty of negligence she was sentenced to five years in jail . was not present for the hearing though she fled the country in august when the verdict was originally do you cook was removed from office in two thousand and fourteen over a failed rice subsidies scheme a short time later thailand's army declared martial law and a military junta control took control of the government remains in charge of the country today. well for more on this story let's bring in our correspondent floria know she's standing by for us in bangkok florian first of all yang looks right subsidies scheme was deemed a failure but governments make lots of costly mistakes all the time why did this result in criminal prosecution. i think there are two answers to that one one legal istic one if you listen to the judges they have a unanimous vote saying that members of your administration actually falsified a government to government rise deal and that there was also corruption involved which you know it wasn't h

thailand's top court has sentenced former prime minister, yingluck shinawatra, to five years of jail for negligence in the management of a rice subsidy program. ms. yingluck wasn't present for the verdict. sources within germany's conservatives say this man is to step down from his post as finance minister to become the president of the german parliament. that move could help chancellor merkel as she seeks to negotiate a new coalition following sunday's federal election. you're watching d.w. news live from berlin. still to come, an exclusive report from war-torn somalia. are civilians paying too high of a price for the ongoing fight against islamists? daniel's here now. donald trump and his much and have tax plan on the agenda tonight. daniel: his plans could see cross-party support, both sides of the aisle in congress might be in favor of his plans. as we speak, u.s. president donald trump is unveiling tax reform plans today. the speech in indiana, one of the biggest changes is a drastic tax cut for corporations from 35% to just 20%. in his speech, trump has pledged to make it easie

not quitting this fight thailand's highest court to sentence the former prime minister yingluck shinawatra five years in prison for corruption she was found guilty of negligence in a rice subsidy case government set up before she was ousted from power in twenty fourteen she escaped the country last month. live pictures out of johannesburg because in south africa tens of thousands of people are taking part in a nationwide strike against government corruption and unemployment is being led by the country's biggest workers' union and a local branch of the governing african national congress which says the party is suffering from leadership failures the trade union is demanding that the president jacob zuma step aside. human rights groups are welcoming a decision by saudi arabia to allow women to drive king solomon is suited to create ending the kingdom status as the only country where it's forbidden it goes into effect in june of next year. of ok no is expected to erupt on the indonesian island of bali any day now they have been hundreds of tremors around the area of mount a growing and more t

her brother tax in shinawatra another thai prime minister lives there in exile.sions between her side and the government's side here about what deal there might be over the sentence. those discussions clearly did not produce some leniency for her. we do not know if the sentence was harsher because of her fleeing the country. this is definitely on the country. this is definitely on the harsher side of where could have been. the maximum sentence for this was ten years but many people viewed the charge itself as very unusual, but prime minister was being charged not for corruption herself, but for a policy which turned out to be corrupt and so there was a sense, during the trial people thought there might have been more leniency 01’ there might have been more leniency or perhaps a suspended sentence. what we have today is clearly a sentence which pretty much eliminates her from the foreseeable political role, whatever kind of arrangements might be made in the future. the arguments between her critics and supporters are it was enormously popular with rice farmers, bu

thailand's top court has sentenced former prime minister yingluck shinawatra five years in jail for negligence in the management of a rice subsidy program it was not present for the hearing she's believed to of fled the country in august when the verdict was originally. saudi arabia says it's going to allow women to drive this is a big leap forward for the ultra conservative nation only one of the world with such a bad in place a royal decree says the battle will be lifted in june meaning that women will be able to apply for licenses without the permission of a male relative the streets of saudi arabia have long been a battleground on one hand women wanting to drive on the other the religious conservatives who've called them too stupid their mobility a threat to society now it is the women who have won. the say the most i'm so happy i actually haven't slept since the news broke because i'm so happy i'm twenty seven years old and i've been dreaming about this for my entire life and now it's finally coming true i can hardly wait another nine months and telescopes into a fact. that the first one

right here on out as it thailand's government has confirmed that former prime minister yingluck shinawatra is in dubai on wednesday she was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison for negligence and a rice subsidy scheme disappeared from thailand last month when the verdict was originally meant to be delivered a brother texan also a former prime minister lives in self-imposed exile in dubai after he was found guilty of corruption south korea's marking at sixty nine forces day with a show of military might some of its strategic weapons were put on display including ballistic missiles tensions have been high on the korean peninsula for months as north korea ramps up tests of missiles and nuclear weapons. you know our military possesses defense capabilities capable of overwhelming north korea based on the strong south career u.s. combined defense posture the government has been tightening military readiness and also making efforts to manage the situation in a stable manner so that escalating tensions would not lead to military confrontations kathy novak has more from seoul. this is a co

thailand's highest court is due to hand down a delayed verdict against former prime minister yingluck shinawatrad to announce their ruling last month, but ms yingluck reportedly fled to dubai. she faces up to ten years in prison if convicted of negligence over her involvement in a billion—dollar rice scheme. more than 75,000 people have been moved from their homes on the indonesian island of bali, as a volcano threatens to erupt. officials have set up a 12 km exclusion zone around mount agung. the volcano is on its highest alert level, as its seismic energy is increasing. 300 shelters have been opened to house people moved from their homes. voters in the us state of alabama have chosen a hard—line christian conservative to contest the state's vacant senate seat for the republicans, rejecting president trump's choice. the primary vote saw the former judge roy moore triumph over the establishment candidate, luther strange. the wife of one of britain's most notorious aristocrats, lord lucan, has been found dead at her home in london. lady lucan was 80 years old. police say the cause of her death is

the former thai prime minister, yingluck shinawatra, has been sentenced to five years in prison for hersidy scheme introduced by her government. ms yingluck was not in court to hear the verdict — she fled thailand last month before the ruling was to be delivered. translation: i still don't know where to in for her. since the 25th, i have no contact with her, and i don't know where to reach, and she not been in touch. the russian president, vladimir putin, says his country has destroyed all of its chemical weapons. the global watchdog which aims to eliminate such arms, the opcw, said it had verified the destruction, describing it as a major milestone. president putin criticised the united states, accusing it of failing to meet its own obligations. for the second time in weeks, europe's biggest airline, rya nair, has announced the cancellation of a large number of flights. ryanair has denied reports that it's suffering from a shortage of pilots. a further 18,000 flights have been cancelled between november and march affecting about 400,000 passengers. a case of deja vu? well, for a second

country's highest court is due to hand down a delayed verdict against former prime minister yingluck shinawatracials initially planned to announce their ruling last month, but ms yingluck never showed up. she reportedly fled to dubai to avoid the charges. ms yingluck faces up to ten years in prison if convicted of negligence over her involvement in a billion—dollar rice scheme. more than 6,000 people have been moved to emergency shelters on vanuatu's northern island, ambae, in the south pacific, as a volcano there threatens to erupt. the volcano stirred earlier this month, but intensified over the weekend, and began emitting ash and volcanic gas. the last eruption was back in in 2005. this is the scene in the ugandan parliament earlier. punches were thrown, and some chairs, as tensions grow because of an attempt to remove the presidential age limit. under the constitution, a person standing for president must be younger than 75, meaning the current head of state, yoweri museveni, is ineligible to run in the next polls in 2021. there has been a major trial getting under way in hong kong. well, a

country's highest court is due to hand down a delayed verdict against former prime minister yingluck shinawatrally planned to announce their ruling last month, but ms yingluck reportedly fled to dubai. she faces up to ten years in prison if convicted of negligence over her involvement in a billion—dollar rice scheme. this is the scene in the ugandan parliament earlier. punches were thrown, and some chairs, as tensions grow because of an attempt to remove the presidential age limit. under the constitution, a person standing for president must be younger than seventy—five, meaning the current head of state, yoweri museveni, is ineligible to run in the next polls in 2021. eventually they did calm down. there's been a major trial getting under way in hong kong. well, a retrial, to be more accurate. the territory's former chief executive donald tsang is facing bribery charges over the refurbishment of a penthouse apartment — paid for by a media company which was subsequently awarded a radio station license. on tuesday he entered a not guilty plea. a short time ago i got the latest from juliana liu w

thailand's former prime minister yingluck shinawatra has been handed a five year jail sentence after being found guilty of negligence but she was in court to hear the verdict after fleeing thailand last month should know what was convicted of mismanaging a rice a subsidy scheme that cost the country billions of dollars. residents of the indonesian island of bali are spending their six that day on the highest possible will cain alert as mount are going threatens to erupt the volcano in northeastern bali is spurting smoke and that the intensity of tremors is increasing that's according to seismologists almost one hundred thousand people have been evacuated from a twelve kilometer exclusion zone the last time mt ago in europe that that was one thousand nine hundred sixty three more than a thousand people were killed. tens of thousands of people have been out protesting in south africa against president jacob zuma and the corruption that they say has become in them make under his leadership the marches were organized by the country's largest workers' union whose alliance with the african

unconfirmed reports say the thai former prime minister yingluck shinawatra left her by on september eleventh and is now in london she was sentenced to five years in prison on weapons to over a corrupt subsidy skiing involving rice which lost billions of dollars. south korea is marking sixty nine years of its armed forces day with a show of military minds in the city appealing check some of its strategic weapons have been put on display including its ballistic missiles tensions have been high on the peninsula for months as north korea ramps up tests of its nuclear program you have to know the founder of playboy magazine has died at the age of ninety one the men's magazine was founded more than sixty years ago he quickly rose to fame after his first as she was published in december of one nine hundred fifty three featuring a naked marilyn monroe family member say he passed away at the famous playboy mansion you are right up to speed with all our top stories up next it's inside story in twenty five minutes. it's not just phones contributing to samsung's bumper profits if we look at the u.s. eco

thailand's government has confirmed that former prime minister yingluck shinawatra is in dubai she was sentenced to five years in prison on wednesday for negligence in a rice subsidy scheme which lost billions of dollars left island last month ahead of the verdict her brother taksin also a former prime minister lives in self-imposed exile in dubai after he was found guilty of corruption. in the u.s. hundreds of thousands of families are facing separation after president trump's decision to phase out the dhaka program but america's cambodian population of had this threat hanging over them for years cambodians who were brought to the u.s. as children but have been convicted of crimes or facing deportation to a homeland they've never known reports. alison chain never imagined that she'd be a single mom. last year she married cambodian refugees soon posi change but just eight months later he was deported from america. we're going to have a baby over by so why would they do this to us back in ninety ninety five when posi was just fourteen he was convicted of second degree murder in a robber

thailand's government has confirmed that former prime minister yingluck shinawatra is in dubai she was sentenced to five years in prison for negligence in a rice subsidy scheme which lost billions of dollars. south korea is marking its forces day with a show of military might some of its weapons are put on display including that ballistic missiles tensions have been high on the korean peninsula for months as north korea ramps up missile and nuclear weapons tests. you know our military possesses defense capabilities capable of overwhelming north korea based on the strong so career u.s. combined defense posture to government has been tightening military readiness and also making efforts to manage the situation in a stable manner so that escalating tensions would not lead to military confrontations and who have the founder of playboy magazine has died at the age of ninety one the men's magazine was founded more than sixty years ago after quickly rose to fame off its first issue was published in december nine hundred fifty three family members say he passed away at the famous playboy mansi

talons former prime minister yingluck shinawatra has been handed a five year jail sentence after being found guilty of negligence she was in court to hear the verdict after fleeing thailand last month should know what was convicted of mismanaging a rice subsidy scheme that cost the country billions of dollars. what's more still to come in this hour including we're going to go deep into the amazon where members of isolated tribes were reportedly massacred last month. saudi women welcome to the city the ban on them driving could the guardianship system be next to go. i'm legal in cricket ground in london regarded as the home of cricket. players will be sent from the field for bad behavior. hello i think we should see some quiet weather into central parts of the matter over the next couple days still a few showers lurking around across southern italy over towards the ball was little more cloud still coming in here but i'm hopeful they will ease over the next few days the main weather action will be across the northwest british isles looking rather just west and windy weather streaming in

thailand's top quarter sentenced former prime minister yingluck shinawatra five years in jail for negligence in the management of a rice subsidy program. wasn't present for the hearings was believed to have fled the country in august when the verdict was to. sources within germany's conservatives say chancellor merkel's finance minister vulcan scheiber is to leave his position instead of finance minister he could become president of the german parliament the move would help chancellor merkel as she negotiates with potential coalition partners following sunday's federal elections let's get more from phyllis a correspondent simon young who's at our parliament suit your welcome simon how much credibility should we give this story and what's likely to be hired to be behind the move if it's true we're sure blair has been proposed by his party phil and in the past he's indicated willingness to do this job of speaker but he won't be formally nominated for another few weeks i think what's behind it three things occurred to me one is that we need a strong and experienced figure to be speaker of parli

thailand's former prime minister yingluck shinawatra has been jailed for five years for corruption she was convicted of negligence over the rice subsidy plan set up by her government before she was toppled in a coup in twenty fourteen the scheme to help farmers has lost billions of dollars being locked wasn't in court to hear the verdict she fled the country last month. the indonesian island of bali remains on high alert for a possible volcanic eruption from mt agong the volcano in the northeast of the island has been sporting spoke for the past six days the intensity of its tremors have also been increasing more than seventy five thousand people have been moved from the area the volcano last erupted in one thousand nine hundred sixty three killing more than a thousand people step vasant explains how the eruption could affect the island's tourism. valley's most famous diving resorts it's close to hotel staff and guests were ordered to leave the town as soon as authorities raised alert level when mt last erupted fifty four years ago the area was damaged by lava and hot gas clouds but th

thailand's top court has found former prime minister yingluck shinawatra guilty of negligence the verdict was originally jew in august but failed to appear in court and has reportedly fled the country to join her brother in exile has denied the charges saying they were politically motivated the court has sentenced. to five years in jail for failing to stop corruption in a government rice subsidy program. in south africa thousands of people in cities across the country have protested against corruption and president jacob zuma they were organized by the congress of south african trade unions ahead of them as african national congress party selecting a new leader in december some protesters voiced opposition to the president's ex-wife nicole as an outlet many zuma taking over from. officials in the indonesian island of bali say almost one hundred thousand people have fled their homes amid fears that a nearby volcano will erupt hundreds of tremors from mt outgoing on the north of the island are stoking fears it could erupt at any time. the volcano last erupted in one thousand nine hundred si