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if there are any signs that the army is paving the way for an unelected administration, it it is the position of the redshirts, who of taken a position on the western bank of thailand, will come out for sure. for now they have decided to remain calm. and meanwhile the opposition has announced it will stage new demonstrations on friday and altering the weekend. the scituate -- all during the weekend. the situation remains volatile. >> that was from bangkok there. ukraine's border guard says russian troops have moved away from the border, just five days before the country's make or break residential bowl. -- poll. >> that is good news for key avenue. >> the backing of the country's most powerful oligarch. rinat akhmetov. >> the support is a welcome relief for kiev, whose minister has been in berlin for talks. >> they have held meetings in advance of this sunday's elections. germany is sending one hundred election observers to ukraine. it is an hope it will be a turning point for the divided eastern europe are in -- eastern european nation. >> is the key to winning back political and ec

government supporters, red shirts, warning of civil war if the government is replaced by unelected administration as yellow shirts demand. jonathan has been out on the streets of bangkok. >> reporter: the presence of the armed troops makes this feel like a traditional army coup. in fact there aren't many of them. the army commander promised he's not trying to take over running the country, something the government and supporters have so far been willing to accept. the question is, what will the army do now? so far we've seen them push some of the powerful tv and radio stations off air. they've told the protestors they can no longer leave the rally sites. everyone is asking what are they going to do next. marshal law gives them sweeping powers. the longer they stay, the more pressure there will be to use powers to resolve thailand's political deadlock, a role the army commander has always said the army is not suited to take on. >> this ornate building, official office of the prime minister has been the symbolic battleground in this long political war over thailand's future. the past five months it

protesters have called for a topple theto administration and install an unelected people's council. they oppose for july's election rerun to because pound. electionong drawnout finishes today. mode the most -- modi must win over the common man party. in manila good luck on the street has led to a traffic jam. you see lots of think and red triangles and blue squares. >> this is the capital, metro manila. what you are looking at is manila bay. and symbols represent ships approaching or are in and around the harbor. the color is dependent on what what -- what it is carrying. ban thata truck prevents trucks from being on the road during rush hour. >> that is supposed to alleviate the traffic jam on the roads. >> but it has a side effect. ports arein the at this time of the year, it should be going at 60% of capacity. we are at 90% right now. waitly, these containers around six days in the ports. now they are at 10 days. any solution in the horizon? actually improved quite a bit. if you ask the common commuter. the citye manila area, of manila -- don't confuse the two. it has actually im

calling for a final push for the caretaker administration to install an unelected people's counsel.ead with their own rally in western bangkok, and this calls for the july election rerun to be postponed. joining us from bangkok is a managing partner at a financial advisory group, and it does seem like the rhetoric keeps getting stronger, as well. what is it like at the moment? what is your gut feeling? >> you're absolutely right, because the rhetoric is being amped up, and that is increasing the tension. at the moment, i think we have a sense of a lull before a storm, because not much happened over the weekend except by this symbolic fact where they went to occupy the parliament will then, kind of installing himself in the parliament office, literally if not ceremonially, so the fact that the way to rig is getting higher, we have got that group saying it is the final day and that they will take it into their hands, and you have got the other side that says, well, this means civil war the rhetoric is getting hotter. i think for the rest of this week we will see some fractures, and fo

protesters have called for a kind will push to topple the caretaker administration and install an unelectedrnment supporters went ahead with their own rally in western bangkok, and there is a call for the july election rerun to be postponed. indio in onetle in of the most popular places. one party is expected to win the election, making him the favorite of the young prime minister, but first, there is the challenge of another party of a man who gained national prominence last year when an anticorruption efforts saw him win in new delhi. hundreds of people are demonstrating outside the embassy in hanoi as a maritime dispute steps up. vietnamese leaders allowed similar protests to take place in other areas, including ho chi minh city. vietnam claims it is their waters, and they have seen dozens of clashes and collisions, and hanoi and beijing accuse each other of starting the confrontation, and territorial disputes are -- expect to dominate conversations at the asean conference. issue anlooking to answer to the common concern. it is likely to receive strong support from vietnam. "first up,"he

they wanted an unelected prime minister to be elected by the senate. who support the administration, insisted elections be held to resolve the political crisis. they called for all party leaders to join talks at an army location, that's where they were when the troops took over, and brought them to an undisclosed location, simultaneously announcing the coupe to the nation. >> night has fallen on bangkok, and thailand enters another era of military rule. al jazeera, bangkok. >> the united nations says the u.n. approved sangs today against the nigerian radical group. this comes as protestors gathered in the capitol to call on the government to do more to find 300 school girls abducted last month. that protest took place as people in the city mourned those killed in tuesday's bombings. al jazeera is there, in aen waying here, mohammed's report con stains some disturbing images. >> outside the city, the bodies keep eastern ukraine arriving, one after another. mourners are here to bury the bodies who died in two bomber attacks that tore through a busy market, on tuesday. 40 just able to

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