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.

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with paetongtarn shinawatra ? the with paetongtarn shinawatra? democracy in thailand and operation of to court is not resolved and has not been for decades but thailand has been able to move forward and i think the parties of the coalition government have every interest to keep this government to a filter because they are really worried about they are really worried about the opposition particularly the new party, people's party which is basically the move forward party so they will band together against all kinds of differences in order to make sure they can stay in power until the next election. thank ou so until the next election. thank you so much _ until the next election. thank you so much for— until the next election. thank you so much for your - until the next election. thank you so much for your insight l you so much for your insight into this developing story. we will be following this developments in thailand throughout the day here on bbc news look for updates here. hurricane ernesto is heading for the caribbean island of bermuda, hav

paetongtarn shinawatra's nomination will be put to a vote in parliament later on friday. the announcement was made a day after the constitutional court dramatically dismissed srettha thavisin 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 politics can be hard to understand? it politics can be hard to understand?— politics can be hard to understand? ., ., , understand? it ought to be unusual and _ understand? it ought to be unusual and the _ understand? it ought to be unusual and the ease - understand? it ought to be unusual and the ease with | understand? it ought to be - unusual and the ease with which prime ministers, governments and political parties are dispatched by the courts here is almost u

her election by parliament marks the return of the divisive shinawatra dynasty to power.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 that she bears the family name of the shinawatra, and the hopes and expectations and aspirations of her extremely ambitious and rather overbearing father. i read a quote from her saying that she acknowledges she's not t

her election by parliament marks the return of the shinawatra dynasty to power.very honoured and happy" to take up the post. her predecessor, srettha thavisin, was dismissed earlier this week by the constitutional court.

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

her election by parliament marks the return of the shinawatra dynasty to power.my family and a lot 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 ijust hope that i can do my best to, you know, make the country go forward. that is what i try to do, and right now, today i feel very honoured and i feel very happy. our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head has more. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head has more. some people, i think, who will like the fact that paetongtarn is inexperienced. she came across as very natural and hopeful and excited today, but that impression won't last very long. there'll be a fair amount of cynicism about the shinawatra clan, who've been constantly trying to get back into power and get their party back in. they did worse in the last year's election than they'd ever done before. so she has a big 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 c

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. 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

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

shinawatra took office just days after her predecessor was ousted by a shock court ruling. 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 visits like this. —— trip. they hear on the imitation of the vice president, the first black woman to hold the role. she says she views the couple is to vital voices against injustice. prince harry and meghan arejust injustice. prince harry and meghan are just leaving this event now. like the second day of their visit, journalists were not allowed an

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

her election by parliament marks the return of the shinawatra dynasty to power.cement, ms shinawatra said she felt it was time for her to serve.

he is trying to address some of those issues. in thailand, the parliament has picked paetongtarn shinawatranister. 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 a state of

assembly factory which sparked an investigation. in thailand, the parliament has picked paetongtarn shinawatrae's the daughter of billionaire tycoon and former leader thaksin. her selection comes days after former pm srettha thavisin was dismissed by a constitutional court. both are from the pheu thai party, which came second at the 2023 election but formed a ruling coalition. ms paetongtarn faces the difficult task of reviving thailand's stalled economy and avoiding the military coups which have deposed 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 med

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

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

dismissal of the prime minister of thailand, the ruling party of this country, paunketer 37-year-old shinawatra was introduced to the parliament as the new prime minister of this country. to fulfill the centuries-old legend, the british assigned a veteran of this country to serve in the hats of the royal palace. according to the legend that has followed the throne of england since the 17th century, the british monarchy will fall apart. now in the 21st century, the french news agency is aware of the appointment of a new officer of the royal tower of england, who previously participated in the missions of the british navy in afghanistan, iraq, and the north pole. the fear of iran's revenge has gone to the point where the zionists live occupied lands have become a soothsayer and psychologist. ramals are crowded in the occupied territories. do they predict whether iran will attack or not? will they attack? yes will they press the button to fire the missiles? yes anxiety waiting the residents of occupied palestine had a nervous breakdown. imaqi first it's been a week that we haven't slept at night a

dismissal of the prime minister of thailand , the ruling party of this country, 37-year-old pawankhar shinawatra introduced to the parliament as the new prime minister of this country. to fulfill the centuries-old legend, the british assigned a veteran of this country to serve in the hats of the royal palace. according to the legend that has been followed in the throne of england since the 17th century, if the bells of the tower of london leave this castle , the monarchy of england. it will fall apart . now in the 21st century, the afp is aware of the appointment of the new head of the royal tower of england , who previously participated in the missions of the british navy in afghanistan, iraq, and the north pole. the apprehension of iran's revenge is far from over he is a zionist

she's the daughter of former prime minister thaksin shinawatra, who was deposed by a military coup in 2006, the new prime minister was nominated after the previous one was dismissed. on wednesday by the constitutional court. ethics violations assuming she receives the royal endorsement from the king, she will start work as the new premier and the head of a ruling coalition facing many challenges, particularly stimulating the economy hurricane ernesto is gaining strength as it churns through a record warm atlantic. for what could be the season's second major hurricane has already left major trail of death image in its wake. stay with us every weekday morning. here are the five things you need to know to start your day cnn's five things with kate bolduan, streaming weekdays on max beth wants to get back to eating the food she loves. so she's been thinking about getting dental implants, but the cost seems like it's out of her budget a clear choice. we specialize in permanent teeth replacement, offering a range of solutions to fit your budget. so you don't have to wait any longer. finance

the thai parliament has approved phed khunthan shinawatra as the new prime minister. now the daughter of the former head of government has become the youngest leader.

the thai parliament has approved the candidacy of pyat khunthan shinawatra as the new prime minister. now the daughter of the former head of government has become the youngest head of the country's highest executive body. earlier, the constitutional court removed the former prime minister from office with the wording due to violation of ethical standards. a powerful typhoon is approaching japan. local airports have already cancelled more than 650 flights. train service has been suspended or reduced on a number of routes. the typhoon will hit the capital region of japan in the coming hours. the wind gust speed in the area of ​​the storm is already reaching 60 m. per second. people are urged not to go outside. just an asterisk. such signs may indicate bad blood vessels. it is important to strengthen blood vessels. angiorm helps improve microcirculation, reduce the risk of developing thrombi strengthening the walls of blood vessels. angiom, keep your blood vessels normal. mobile connection for. thank you, it's normal, hello, that's why we do it this way, sbermobile, it's not the first ti

prime minister coming back after a decade in exile after what was assumed to be a bargain, thaksin shinawatraeems he differences with his conservative opponent. there are probably other shenanigans going on as well, we don't know exactly what sort of pressures there were on the court, nobody in thailand will be under any illusion, this will be seen as a political verdict and once again thailand's constitutional court, multiple parties dissolved, the court looks like one of the most powerful institutions in the country along with the military and monarchy, it seems the judges in the court can will governments to come and go rather than elections.- and go rather than elections. thank ou, and go rather than elections. thank you. jonathan _ and go rather than elections. thank you, jonathan head, _ and go rather than elections. thank you, jonathan head, we _ and go rather than elections. thank you, jonathan head, we will- and go rather than elections. thank you, jonathan head, we will be - and go rather than elections. thank you, jonathan head, we will be back in thailand. diplomats are urgently w

but also it had to do a lot of backroom bargaining to get its patron thaksin shinawatra, the former primeinister, who was in exile for all those years, he is the main power and bankroller behind the party, to get him back from exile last year. now, the assumption was that was part of a grand bargain with the palace, there had been a lot of enmity with ultra—royalist and mr thaksin in the past. but seeing this new much more reformist party come together, seemed to suggest that they'd come together and made this deal. it is clear whatever deal that was it was not as settled as people thought and that some of that bargain has now unravelled. and what that says about thai politics is there is really not agreement on the rules, there isn't agreement on who should run thailand or the direction the country should go in. and thatjust leaves a country which already has one of the most poor performing economies in the region floundering trying to find a sense of direction. you explained a bit about the power dynamics in the country, when we look at the military, the monarchy as well we should menti

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the former thai prime minister, thaksin shinawatra, has received a royal pardon.r abuse of power while in office 20 years ago. his lawyer said his parole term would now expire on sunday rather than the end of the month. his daughter, paetongtarn, became thailand's prime minister on friday. a cargo spacecraft has arrived at the international space station o deliverfood, 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

former prime minister of thailand thaksin shinawatra has received a royal pardon, meaning his parolehis time in office from 2001 to 2006. his sentence was commuted to one year by the king of thailand last september. the royal pardon comes just days after his mr taksin�*s daughter was elected prime minister. a cargo spacecraft is finally arrived at the international space station to deliver feud food and fuel to the astronauts that have been stuck for several months. i'm piloted spacecraft successfully tra nsferred spacecraft successfully transferred three tons of supplies to the nasa astronauts. they are currently stuck on the international space station because of safety concerns over the boeing starliner capsule. some bonuses based time for those astronauts. more coming up from london on bbc news after this. hello there. there was a lot of cloud around on saturday for northern and western areas. the best of the sunshine was further east and part two of the weekend looks pretty similar. we start dry with lots of sunshine and then, the cloud amounts will tend to build up into the aft

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,

thailand's newly elected prime minister, prayut on tank shinawatra has officially assume the leadershipendorsement by the country's king, 31st prime minister of the country. that's youngest ever faces potential opposition from conservative military and royalty align parties it's also face the daunting task of reviving a sluggish economy there are minister carries immense responsibility and i'm focused on addressing the pressing issues facing our country particularly improving the lives of our citizens. >> i am dedicated to pushing forward key policies from economy reforms. and a 30 both health care improvements to enhancing digital infrastructure and promoting thailand soft power on the global stage xi also promised she would work to take the country forward with stability while fighting wildfires in some parts country's central canada is hit with heavy rains and floods. >> we'll have that story when we come back, please stay with i just found out i've been paying for 27 subscriptions it's like finding out, you add 27 kids. >> you didn't know rocker money? yes, it was rocking you had to

you now that they were owned at the time by the former pm, the disgraced former thai pm thaksin shinawatrah. there was no hope in terms of their ownership. he owned the club for one season and he decided he'd taken a dislike to sven in the latter months . but yeah, i mean, latter months. but yeah, i mean, the last day of the season at manchester, at middlesbrough, rather they lost 8—0, but even in spite of that it was still a very decent, decent return over the course of the season because you have to remember where city were 12 months earlier, where you took over and that wasn't that was pretty much nowhere, to be perfectly honest with you. >> well, thank you very much indeed. aidan magee sports broadcaster, of course. really to great speak to you, what a career. what a career. terribly sad how quickly cancer can take, can take a life, but a career to celebrate, that's for sure. >> well, this is good afternoon, britain on gb news. lots more to come after this good afternoon britain. it is ten minutes to one now to that breaking and sad news that the former england manager, sven—goran erik