hello i'm down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up thailand's supreme court is expected to deliver its corruption verdict against former prime minister yingluck shinawatra who fled the country last month. changing gears saudi arabia will allow women to drive for the first time from next year. to slow to inefficient the french president emanuel micro outlines his vision for transforming the european union. iraq has over the kurdistan regional government to surrender control of its airports or face an embargo on international flights it's part of mounting pressure on the kurdish leadership of rich secession referendum on monday initial results most people voted yes in the non-binding poll reports from ever built. the rhetoric and threats continue and from both sides. iraq to me is 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

there at live from coming up thailand's supreme court is going to bring its corruption verdict against the former prime minister fled the country. as saudi arabia allowed women to drive for the very first time from next year. and . discovery has revealed a brand new work by one of the world's most popular authors more than a century after his death. iraq has 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 over its secession referendum on monday initial results showed most people voted yes in the non-binding poll reports from air built the rhetoric and threats continue and from both sides. if you look at me as i get that i still is still occupying some parts of coke and some parts of the rock i sill 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 all viral referendum that is completely rejected such language will go down well with the international community including the us an

alliance is trying to drive eisel out of the city which fell to the group in twenty fourteen thailand supreme court is reading out its verdict in the corruption trial of former prime minister yingluck shinawatra she faces up to ten years in jail for negligence over rice subsidies. hasn't attended court amid speculation she may have fled the country. the u.s. defense secretary has arrived in afghanistan's capital for an unannounced visit to james mattis his first trip to kabul since president trump announced a change in afghan policy trump wants the u.s. to focus on fighting armed groups rather than nation building following the war mattis expects 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 has issued a decree ending the kingdom status as the only country in the world where it's forbidden the un says the number of ranger refugees escaping violence in me and rakhine state has risen to four hundred eighty thousand more than forty thousand effect of bangladesh in the past two days. and

and thailand's former prime minister yingluck shinawatra has been sentenced to five years in jail the supreme court found her guilty of negligence in connection with a government rice subsidy program bought she have already fled thailand so it's uncertain whether she'll actually serve a prison term. as well you know years from now join us again top of the hour if you have time or you can check out our website or follow us on twitter. to find all the latest news and information there on our own r d w l bring you up to date on what's going on not just in germany and the rest of europe but all around the world. you're watching d.w. news so we're back with another full building in the top of the next hour thanks for watching. the return of imagine you. a very special citoyen bishop has just hit the road. an iconic car now recreated as a sustainable work of art. and we went along for a spin. your romance next d.w. . we'll show you a very different side of jimmy's cat. nicole for really takes you wanted to out of the government district and goes behind the scenes at the reichstag vulnerability from an un

thailand's supreme 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 i

back to terry now and thailand's most wanted woman that's right that's right been thailand supreme court has sentenced former prime minister yingluck shinawatra to five years in jail she was found guilty of failing to stop corruption in a government rice subsidies should walk 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 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 glocks administration actually falsified a government to government rise deal and that that was also corruption involved which you know it wasn't part of 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

to thailand where the supreme court is expected to announce its verdict in the corruption trial of the former prime minister yingluck shinawatra whose government was toppled in twenty fourteen and is facing up to a decade in jail for negligence over a rice subsidy plan she's not expected to attend the courts she's let the country her supporters according its political prosecution let's talk live now to our correspondent wayne hay who's covering that story for us out of bangkok when just just explain to us what might happen today. yes well certainly it has been a very long day already we were expecting the verdicts reading to begin at around nine o'clock in the morning it's just gone to in the afternoon now it didn't start at eleven so it's been going for more than three hours now certainly in the last few minutes there's been some excitement from the very large media contingent that's gathered outside the supreme court in bangkok as it appears that a verdict may be coming any time soon but as you say it's been a very long process because of their the fact there are nine supreme court j

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

coming to you live from berlin five years in jail but the will thailand's former prime minister actually serve the sentence the supreme court finds young look should a lot of guilty of negligence bought she's already fled the country and has given no sign of planning to return home.

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

court she still has plenty of support. under thailand's military government gatherings like this are banned but there was no stopping some supporters of you know what who gathered outside the supreme court in bangkok i knew i came here to give support knowing that i may not show up because i'm a supporter of the shadow us because of them at one stage as able to afford a better life the judges to. four hours to read the decision before the former prime minister's legal team emerged to confirm a guilty verdict and a five year jail term. i don't know how to feel we have done our duty the court has done its duty to the liver the verdicts that legal team with allies have verdicts again how we have fought this case and see if we can appeal. the case since it on the rice pledging scheme it was a populist policy that helped party win the two thousand and eleven election and sort removed in a military coup three years later after widespread protests the scheme so far has paid above market prices for the harvest the court ruled that you knew there was corruption going on but didn't act to stop it she failed to show for the initial court session to hear the verdict last month after leaving t

supreme court's. jean luc is a politician who always had is for the poor people. top priority. by the tanks insisting. he's someone who wants to. those of us who live in poverty in thailand. but in my heart i really believe what we are trying do is to. you know what i mean. they want them. tree. course this. nonow the body for the your watch family. creamy rich and. for here in some. you know what's also a former prime minister. wars a convicted for corruption he lives in exile and his sister it may well suffer exactly the same fac. aid agencies a calling for urgent assistance to help her hang the muslims in the bangladesh nearly half a million people have fled and alleged crackdown by troops in burma. authorities that are blaming breaking insurgents was starting the violence with france twenty caution about to charge us but to the lisa. off one socks group implying that she saw it. hears her. the refugee camps along the the dish burmese border foreman maze of lab. this is where we're scheduled to meet our. a local leader in the arakan angus salvation army known as our. far from prying eyes i agree to tell us how we can to be. yeah out for it sitting in two thousand twel

thailand's former prime minister has been found guilty of negligence. it is to do with her involvement in a billion—dollar rice subsidy scheme. she was given a five—year sentence. that happened in the supreme courtbai. she went there last month. her brother tax in shinawatra another thai prime minister lives there in exile. there were definitely some behind—the—scenes discussions 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 ro

under thailand's military government gatherings like this are banned but there was no stopping some supporters of young election of what who gathered outside the supreme court in bangkok. i came here to give support knowing that i may not show up because i'm a supporter of the shadow us because of them at one stage as able to forge a better life the judges took four hours to read the decision before the former prime minister's legal team emerged to confirm a guilty verdict and a five year jail term. i don't know how to feel we have. a quarter stand it's judy to deliver the verdicts at legal time with allies have verdicts again how we have fought this case and see if we can appeal in. the case centered on the rice pledging scheme it was a populist policy that helped party win the two thousand and eleven election and sort removed in a military coup three years later after widespread protests the scheme so far has paid above market prices for the harvest the court ruled that you knew there was corruption going on but didn't act to stop it she failed to show for the initial court session to hear the verdict last month after leaving the country two days earlier