The proud boys as they marched towards their target. They are right wing nationalists who believe the United States is being betrayed by internal enemies and an overbearing government. On the day, the proud boys were tight lipped. But weve seen thousands of hours of evidence of exactly what was going on that day. This is ethan nordean, one of the leaders of the proud boys, along with Us Army Veteran joseph biggs in the checked shirt and zach rehl on the left in the cap. Theyve been convicted for leading the capitol insurrection. Also convicted of Seditious Conspiracy is proud boys chairman enrique tarrio. He wasnt at the capitol that day, having been arrested on another charge two days previously. Much of the evidence came from this man, another leader, charles donohoe, who pled guilty and cooperated with the authorities. Taking our country back. But despite all the evidence shown in court, over 1,000 people have now been prosecuted, January The 6th is still very much contested territo
the country has been battling soaring inflation and the fellow from the recent earthquakes. standing against him is kemal kilicdaroglu, who is backed by a broad opposition alliance. here s what one of the supporters of the opposition had to say. translation: i am so excited. i can t feel my heartbeat. i still believe we will win. we have to get rid of this system already. especially as a woman, i want this change. the situation of the country is obvious. i m extremely excited. we wait with enthusiasm. i hope we win, i hope all would be as we wish. we are a bit anxious, a bit tense. i haven t been able to sleep for the past week. i woke up at 5am today, casted my vote and directly came here right after. meanwhile in thailand, voters have overwhelmingly chosen to end nearly a decade of military rule. but the question is, who is next? both opposition parties are neck and neck to lead the new government. here are the leaders of both the move forward and pheu thai parties. we have
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 bit later than others, but finally, after the country reopened in late 2022, the tourism sector, which has been a key part of the country s gdp, is recovering slowly. that is helping 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 that is something the new government will need to look into and correct. given everything that you have described, what is your outlook