Prodemocracy protests in thailand on the anniversary of the revolution which ended the absolute monarchy but almost 90 years later the political system remains controversial with military leaders calling the shots behind the scenes in government does real democracy really stand a chance this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dopy it is 88 years since the revolution in thailand which was the end of the absolute monarchy and the start of democracy but its the army and the royal palace which define much of type politics the king by law has few direct powers but he is very influential the Prime Minister is elected but many thais question the democratic process Prime Minister. Took over last year after 5 years of military rule hes the former army general who led the last military coup in 2014 it was the 12th coup since the end of absolute monarchy the militarys control on society alarms prodemocracy activists protesters in bangkok have defied a ban on Mass Gathering
Nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the vote followed the u. S. Elections on a. Prodemocracy protests in thailand on the anniversary of the revolution which ended the absolute monarchy but almost 90 years later the political system remains controversial with military leaders calling the shots behind the scenes in government does real democracy really stand a chance this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dopy it is 88 years since the revolution in thailand which was the end of the absolute monarchy and the start of democracy but its the army and the royal palace which define much of type politics the king by law has few direct powers but he is very influential the Prime Minister is elected but many thais question the democratic process Prime Minister prior took over last year after 5 years of military rule hes the former
Prodemocracy protests in thailand on the anniversary of the revolution which ended the absolute monarchy but almost 90 years later the political system remains controversial with military leaders calling the shots behind the scenes in government does real democracy really stand a chance this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dopy it is 88. 00 she is since the revolution in thailand which was the end of the absolute monarchy and the start of democracy but its the army and the royal palace which define much of type politics the king by law has few direct powers but he is very influential the Prime Minister is elected but many thais question the democratic process Prime Minister. Took over last year after 5 years of military rule hes the former army general who led the last military coup in 2014 it was the 12th coup since the end of absolute monarchy the militarys control on society alarms prodemocracy activists protesters in bangkok have defied a ban on Mass Gath
Stoltenberg, nato secretary general, said that with swedens membership, the alliance will become stronger and safer. By the way, Volodymyr Zelenskyi also welcomed swedens membership and said that another country in europe has become more protected from russian evil. The country applied in may 22 , along with finland, after russias fullscale war against ukraine. And sweden and finland officially became members of nato. Remember, one of the reasons. What Vladimir Putin explained the fullscale invasion of ukraine by its possible accession to nato, that is, the alliance approaching the borders of russia, but precisely because of the beginning of the great war in the 22nd year, this border increased by another 1,300 km, precisely because of the accession of finland to the alliance, as can be seen on this map. And here is the statement made by the Prime Minister of finland, peteri orpo, about the russian threat in europe. Russia is obviously preparing for a long conflict with the west and re
Issue in the brexit cox and we will be live here throughout the day. Brexit talks. The bbc understands that a 24 year old british man who went to syria to fight so called Islamic State has been killed. Oliver hall, from the portsmouth area, hadjoined Kurdish Armed groups to fight against so called Islamic State. Trials show a new approach to preventing migraines can reduce the number and severity of attacks. Good morning, its thursday, november 30th. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. President trump has told theresa may that she should pay more attention to tackling terrorism in the uk, rather than criticising him. The message was delivered in a tweet last night after downing street criticised the us president for sharing anti Muslim Videos posted by a british far right group on social media. The row has placed more pressure on the Prime Minister to cancel mr trumps state visit to the uk next year. Our north america correspondent, laura bicker, reports. The home secretar