yingluck shinawatra is accused of dereliction of duty in over seeing a rice subsidy scheme. e's entered a plea of not guilty. ms. yingluck: i'd like to say that our confidence -- the evidence and witness -- [indiscernible] >> this scheme paid rice farmers in rural areas where her party has most support twice the market rate for crops. analysts say the program was plagued with graft. yinbgluck says she was not involved in day to day operations and has defended it as an attempt to support the poor. she faces a maximum prison sentence of 10 years. yingluck was forced from office after a constitutional court found her guilty of abuse of power. weeks later, the military staged a coup that removed her government. yingluck says her enemies are conducting a witchhunt and the charges are politically motivated. molly: in other developments thailand's government has agreed to hold a public referendum on a newly drafted constitution. the referendum will likely delay the election that the government said it will take place next year. the military at the last the earl -- the military aboli

anti-government demonstrations demanding the resignation of former prime minister yingluck shinawatra was supported by thailand's elite including members of the military and bureaucracy. this group has long been the country's mainstay. yingluck was the figure at the center of the storm. she won a considerable number of votes by promising to increase the incomes of farmers in rural villages, including the densely populated northeast, an area that was left behind as thais enjoyed the benefits of economic growth. her political style was similar to that of her older brother, former prime minister thaksin shinawatra. political parties that support the two shinawatras have won every election since 2001. the policies of the shinawatras criticized by some as pork barreling threatened the country's vested interest structure. the military coup took place as a result of discord pitting groups against each other. the countries elite became more pronounced. the military led government has banned demonstrations and assemblies, and life in the country is calm again. but the feeling of calm may be de

yingluck shinawatra is ban from travelling and on trial in bangkok and akulsed of negligence with a schemest the government billions of dollars and she entered a not guilty plea at the hearing of the supreme court, if found guilty she faces a maximum prison sentence of ten years and the charges against her are politically motivated. the government says there should be a referendum on new constitution and under draft future elections decided by a propositional system to give more seats and critics say it's an attempt to make it tougher for the yingluck shinawatra family or allies return to power and elections plan for early 2016 will be pushed back. in southwest china at least 100 people injured on sunday when fighting broke out during a protest of over high speed rail way line and we have this report from adrian brown. >> reporter: feel of a town that is still waiting for better economic times. a proposed high-speed rail link was supposed to help deliver that but when the government appeared to change its mind many in this remote community rose up. protests against development projects in

that is the former prime minister yingluck shinawatra speaking to the press. she is accused of criminal corruption and faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty. she's accused of using a subsidy programme to pay farmers that supported her double the rate for ice. it cost the country billions leading to protests. yingluck shinawatra's fall and the end of her family's 15 years in power >>> political prisoner and candidate. a winner of the opposition primary elections in venezuela is behind bars, gaoled for opposing nicolas maduro. in a damning expose claims britain's nuclear submarine programme is an disant waiting to happen. >>> a political prisoner is a threat to nicolas maduro. the former mayor was among the winners of sunday's opposition primaries. he spoke to al jazeera last year, before his arrest for refusing to help the nicolas maduro government suppress a wave of street protests. the election is the opposition's best chance to win majority since coming to power >>> hundreds of black israelis took to the streets in tel aviv calling for an end to wha

month there was big news out of bangkok when the thai government overthrew the government of yingluck shinawatrait was the 12th coup d'etat. no country had more military coups over that period. the thai media are old hands at dealing with this thing, figuring out where the red lines, the journalististic bound res are. the aftermath of this coup is challenging. the government of the general turned prime minister lifted martial law, but it has not eased the pressure on journalists. replacing martial law is article 44, security law that journalists and human rights activists say is worse in some ways. the military hoounty gave itself the power to pull news off the air, shut down media outlets and they will them what to public or not. beyond article 44 is a challenge to report on the prime minister. he may have taken off the air. we report on the thai media, the general and the new rules. >> reporter: friday night in thailand, if you are not out on the beach, in a club, at evening prayers in a temple, or at work, you can watch tv. the prime minister has something he wants to say. >> reporter: unlike

the political divide between the so-called red shirts who support former prime minister yingluck shinawatra. , and futa is the political party founded by tosin. >> still you want to persecute demonize and try to terrorize intimidate the opponent. >> but the government says it's following a reconciliation road map and deny following yellow shirts. >> translator: the political division is so deep-rooted and it did happen over the last two years. when someone chooses one side of the political divide they often find they are not happy when they don't get what they want. >> reporter: but to some it is more than not getting what they want. according to organizers there are 20,000 red shirts in thailand. many here say the reconciliation program is nonexistent. started the red shirt village concept. he leads a million supporters. the military has summoned him for questioning three times. >> reconciliation hasn't happened at all. this is a lie. we all concede that one side is only treated badly. jejgeneral priut should not have become prime minister. he said he wanted no power then he became prime m

and the yellow shirts royalists who oppose pop list programs by yingluck shinawatra's brother when heinister and one year on according to red shirts the government reconciliation program is not working. >> translator: this was founded by toxin. >> you want reconciliation but still you want to persecute, demonize and try to terrorize and intimidate the opponent. >> reporter: but the government says it is following a reconciliation roadmap and prevented violence and denied favoring the yellow shirts. >> translator: political division is so deep rooted and it didn't just happen over the last two years. when someone chooses one side of the political divide they often find they are not happy when they don't get what they want. >> reporter: but to some it's much more than not getting what they want. this is a so called red shirt village and according to organizers there are 20,000 in thailand in the northeast and say the reconciliation program is nonexistent. >> translator: started the red shirt village concept and leads a million supporters and the military summoned him for questioning thr

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a former thailand prime minister plead not guilty to negligence and yingluck shinawatra left court onrruption to a scheme that lost thailand billions of dollars and supporters say charges have been made up to damage her family. meanwhile promises of return to democracy in thailand are called in question after the general election in february may be delayed by six months. thailand's military leader says they postpone for a new referendum on a new constitution and they say it's to stop the winn winn family winning back power. u.n. regular si will help may leesha with a migrant crisis for thousands at sea and 2000 people including women and children are at risk of starvation for more than 40 days trapped on boats off myanmar and they are refusing to accept the migrants. thailand police say suspected king pin of a major trafficking network turned himself in and we have more from southern thailand. >> reporter: this is the peer and many businesses rounds here are owned by a former politician a man known as this and he is the key suspect in human trafficking here. now just off the coast is

the political divide between the red shirts who support former prime minister yingluck shinawatra and the yellow shirts loyalists who oppose popular programs launched by her brother when he was prime minister. one year on, according to the red shirts, the military government's reconciliation program i also not working. the political party was founded. >> you can say that you want a reconciliation, but still, you want to persecute demonize and try to terrorize intimidate, the opponent. >> the government says it's follow a reconciliation roadmap and did not favor the yellow shirts. >> the political division is so deep rooted and didn't just happen over the last two years. when someone chooses one side of the political divide, they often find they are not happy when they don't get what they want. >> it's much more than not getting what they want. this is a so-called red shirt village. according to organizers, there are 20,000 in thailand, most of them up here in the northeast. many say that the reconciliation program is non-existent. >> he started the red shirt village concept and leads

. >>> in bangkok, the negligence trial for yingluck shinawatra has begun.the charges saying they're politically motivated. she could face jail time if convicted. >> iraq is sending thousands of shiite militia fighters to ramadi to try and retake the city. it fell to isis militants over the weekend. u.s. coalition planes are striking targets inside ramadi. 25,000 people have now fleed the city. >> now, taking ramadi is a strategic victory for isis. for the militants, it's another step closer to baghdad. >> the isis flag now over the city of ramadi just 80 miles from baghdad flaunting pictures of dozens of prisoners that i have released there and the abandoned iraqi army arsenal that's now there. the surrender by iraqi forces was sudden, a significant blow. exactly what the u.s. and allies did not want to see happen. ramadi, the capital of anbar province, making up a third of iraq. to the east of isis in ramadi, iraqi police and tribes amassing to fight back. two other towns close to the capital, fallujah. if isis can hold ramadi and topple two iraqi controll

. >> in bangkok, yingluck shinawatra arrived at court to begin her trial on negligence charges. >> she'sandling a multi-billion dollar rice scheme. >> the former prime minister could go to prison if found guilty. she was forced to step down last year after a thai court found her guilty of abusing power. >>> we're hearing from a friend of two very experienced base jumpers who died over the weekend. >> certainsearchers found their sunday. we have their story. >> three, two, one. >> from jumping off clip in wing suits, dane potter was an extreme sports legend and pioneer. leaping from fixed points, base jumpers fly dangerously close to the surface as they drop thousands of feet. it's illegal, but that doesn't stop people from doing it. >> they're doing it because they love it. >> on saturday, shortly before sunset, potter and 29-year-old graham hunt attempted a jump. a cliff with about a 3,500 foot drop to the valley floor. friends reported the two were missing that night. on sunday, a helicopter spotted the bodies of the two men. they were found at different locations. photographer shawn r

yingluck shinawatra was mocked by supporters as she left court on bail.cused of failing to prevent corruption from a rice subsidy scheme. supporters say the charges are made up to damage her family. >> promises of a return to democracy in thailand have been called into question after it was announced that the general election schedules for february might be delayed by six months. thai land said military leader said the postponement is to allow for a referendum on a new constitution. critics say it is to stop the chenowyth family from regaining power. >> migration has left thousands of people stranded at sea. the u.n. said 2,000 people including women and children are at risk of starvation. after more than 40 days trapped on boats malaysian thailand and indonesia are refuse to go accept the migrants fleeing persecution in myanmar. >> thai police say the suspected kingpin of a major human trafficking network turned himself in. we have more from southern thailand. >> this is the pier, many of the businesses around here are owned by a former politician, a man