opposition party and the daughter of former prime minister thaksin shinawatra. the winning candidate, and their party will have to grapple with a slew of domestic issues including polarised politics and a slowing economy. for more on this, i spoke to syetarn hansakul of the economist intelligence unit, who told me thailand is slowly recovering from the pandemic. economic situation has improved from last year. it is in the middle of a cyclical rebound because coming out of the pandemic recession a lick later than others, but finally, after the country opened in late 2022, the tourism sector, which has been a key part of the countries gdp, is recovering slowly. shabbat is to improve jobs and income, and we are seeing the rebound unfolding. but having said that, there are plenty of structural issues that are hurting thailand s long term competitiveness, and thatis long term competitiveness, and that is something the new government will need to look into and correct. [30 govern
to former gang members. and chelsea win a place in the last eight of the champions league. we will have that and all the latest stories. good to have you with us. we have a very busy programme for you. so let s get started. here in the uk, the prime minister rishi sunak says he s up to the fight to bring in new legislation that would detain and deport people arriving by boat to claim asylum. it comes as the un refugee agency says it is profoundly concerned by the plans that it says would breach the un refugee convention and undermine britain s humanitarian tradition. our political correspondent ian watson has more. as the boats keep coming, so the political problems keep growing. rishi sunak it is trying to turned the tide. if this new law does not stop the boat, will he have failed? it boat, will he have failed? if we get this right, it will make a difference. we are in the early stages but we have given it long hard thought and as i said at the beginning of the year, i only
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