Abducting and marrying a teenager for ten years. Its the battle for the big mac. Fast food workers say they deserve higher wages. Theyre expected to approve a 9. 5 million pay pact for the boss of the food giant. Hello. It is midday here in london. 7 00 a. M. Washington, 6 00 p. M. Bangkok where two days after imposing martial law, the army has carried out a coup. In the statement broadcast, the countrys army chief general announced the military had seized power to restore stability and power after six months of deadlock and turmoil. Following two days of meetings between the countrys rival political leaders that failed to make progress. Martial law was declared by the military on tuesday. They insisted then this was not a coup just necessary to peace and order. Theres been 18 successful or attempted in thailand since 1932. With me the bbc World Services editor michael. History is repeating itself in 2006 when the army took over when shinawatra was in power. Indeed. It dates back to ei
There are other cities that do. London and new york have great time zones and big chunks of the world. Good morning. Warm welcome to those just waking up. I am guy johnson. I am olivia sterns. This is the pulse. We began with the escalating violence in iraq. The military has stepped up its attacks on insurgents. They got a larger territory near baghdad. The insurgents said they have killed nearly 300. Graphic images online that shows execution of iraqi soldiers. The countries on the brink of civil war if not already. Clear is that the Iraqi Military is trying to push back or fight back killing up to 300 militants using air power and fighter jets north of baghdad. The insurgents control much of the biggest city in the country and tikrit which is the hometown of the former and now late president of iraq, saddam hussein. The other thing that the insurgents control is a small chunk of the pipeline that is oil from the north to turkey and the mediterranean sea. Tore has been no big change t
We start in ukraine where a temporary ceasefire is coming under increasing pressure. Fighting between ukrainian and prorussian militias is continuing in the east of the country. That, despite the fact that o call for arochenk truce. Russia has shown support but is stepping up pressure to sit down and talk. Commemorations in moscow the soviet unions entry into world war ii, but the conflict in ukraine overshadowed the ceremonies. President putin called it an important first step but he said ukraine was not honoring it. Unfortunately, military action is continuing. Last night there was an artillery attack from the ukrainian side. I cannot say she was responsible the army or militia. All military action must stop. These people have no faith in the ceasefire. Refugees from Eastern Europe ukraine who have arrived in russia, the government has erected a refugee camp for the increasing numbers of people seeking shelter. The ukrainian president has offered to engage in talks with moderate rebe
Example of the bureaucracy of the government. So many levels of management and no one does anything. President obama is requesting a nearly 4 billion of emergency funding from congress to address the influx of children coming across the u. S. Border. Heres more about that. The administration has requested 3. 7 billion of emergency funding from congress for stopping some of the influx of children dealing with the situation along the southern border with mexico. Laura is with the wall street journal and writing about the story, what is in the administration request to congress . A lot of the money is to house the children and families crossing the border. That is where the crisis has been. A huge influx created children traveling alone and adult traveling have come across the border. And in each of those cases there are sort of special needs for housing them and the administration is not able to handle right now and that is what a lot of the money would go to work. The white house propos
Banking committee as treasury and Justice Department officials testified today on sanctions against russia amid its invasion of ukraine. Live coverage on cspan three. Todays hearing is in hybrid format, witnesses are in person, thank you, both, for being there. I know you have busy schedules, including today, thank you. Members have the option to him here in person or virtually, as you know. Vladimir putins war in ukraine has massacred innocent civilian communities, weaponized food and energy sources, jeopardize the future of a sovereign democracy. His actions threatened global order, drawing a clear distinction between those who stand for democracy and rule of law and the forces of repression and tyranny. There are two things, two things, that putin did not count on, first, the resilience and strength and spirit of the ukrainian people when clear display last week, again, when the Ukrainian Military reached in kharkiv, ukraines second largest city, second, the ability of President Bid