To win south africas general election. The president urges voters to exercise their democratic right. Among the rights that we have is one of the most important rights. To vote. And i hope all people will do so. And whats likely to be the biggest share sale in history. The chinese internet giant alibaba files documents for stock market flotation in new york. Hello, everyone. We begin with the latest stage of political turmoil still engulfing thailand. The Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has resigned. She was ordered to stand down by the countrys Constitutional Court. It found her guilty of abusing her how power. She also violated the constitution. The court said she must resign. Her supporters describe this decision as a judicial coup. The court ruled she acted illegally when she transferred her National Security adviser in 2011. Nine of her cabinet members are also implicated. They are resigning, too. Yingluck shinawatra is the first female Prime Minister. Shes sister of the exiled
The United States is now joining the effort to try to rescue more than 200 girls kidnapped from a school in northeastern nigeria. The Nigerian Government said the u. S. Is sending security personnel. Police and residents suspect boko haram gunmen, saying they abducted eight girls on a raid on a village. All of this comes as calls for action around the world grows. [ singing ]. Dozens of nigerian americans gathered outside the u. S. Consule ute to support the girls, and there was support outside the Nigerian Embassy in washington. Thousands took to the streets of nigerias abuja. Ynonne ndedge is there. Reporter concerned nigerians are on the streets, maftening to the chief of marching to the chief of Defense Staff office to put pressure on security service, to find hundreds of missing girls. The anger is fuelled by the fact that the leader of boko haram has released a new tape in which he says he abducted the girls and plans to sell them on the open market. They are emboldened by the co
Earlier four Ukrainian Police officers were killed during a shootout with rebels outside of the city. Nick spicer reports. Reporter ukraines interior minister said that it all started with an attack on Ukrainian Forces and ensuing gun battles killed soldiers or fighters, they wouldnt say which. Tanks roll through the city. Some with the flag of the self styled donetsk. If they storm, honestly i have a sharpened shovel at home, and ill come out with it. I dont have a machine gun. I asked but they wont give it to me. We have very few weapons. We are unarmed but people will come out. My wife will come out, who is russian, by the way. They say things on tv like they dont plan to attack us, but they keep the troops. Why are they keeping them here . Something for us to kill each other . Our people are killing each other. Reporter ukraines president said just a few days ago that the government h felt helpless. Now its engaged in a war fruit with risks. They have a battle on their hands. Prote
Cup . The u. S. Says the strikes over Northern Nigeria as part of a rescue effort to find 200 kidnapped school girls and boko haram operates in three states in the north and there was a state of emergency a year ago. Boko haram has bases with chad and two other countries and they were taken and sought they were held somewhere in this area. On top of the surveillance the u. S. Sent a team of 30 experts to help with the search and china and france have sent technical experts and on monday boko haram released the video offering to swap the girls for jail members. U. S. Experts are studying the pictures closely for any clues that might help them and we will go to abuja and how does is the search and rescue effort shaping up and how difficult is this going to be . Reporter details emerging from washington about the makeup of their 30man team. We understand that this team involves officials from the state department, from the dissent department and we have f. B. I. Personnel and military per
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