And london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, iam in london, and 7am in bangkok, where, in a few hours time, Thailands Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether former premier, Yingluck Shinawatra, is guilty of criminal negligence over a costly rice subsidy policy. If convicted, she could face up to a decade behind bars. She has long claimed her innocence in the matter, and has asked for kindness from the court. For more on this, lets go to the bbcs karishma vaswani, who is outside the court in bangkok. She is suspected to arrive in tell i what she is suspected to arrive in tell. What 3 4; to this hour. Tell us what has led to this and what we are expecting today. Yeah. Iam and what we are expecting today. Yeah. I am standing outside the supreme court. There is already media around. It is highly anticipated. The buildup has taken 18 months or so. That is how long this has gone on for. Protesters, supporters, i should say, of Yingluck Shinawatra
The course of the weekend. And why 500 trees in one the most famous gardens in britain could be under threat by major road widening plans. Good morning. Its friday 25th august. Im annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc newsroom live. A police force has been severely criticised for its failure over a four year period to investigate allegations about ian watkins, the former lead singer of the band lost prophets, who was convicted in 2013 of 13 child sex offences. An investigation by the independent Police Complaints commission has found that South Wales Police failed to act on eight reports and three intelligence logs from six different people about watkins. The ipcc said the force had dismissed allegations made by watkins ex girlfriend and had failed to look at incriminating texts from watkins on her phone, because officers believed she lacked credibility. The Commission Says the investigation raised the most disturbing concerns about the way the case was handled. Our reporter Mark Hutchings ha
Amid Engineering Works on some of the countrys busiest routes. The acting chairman of samsung, the Worlds Largest smartphone maker, is sentenced to five years in prison for bribery and embezzlement. Driverless lorries will be trialled on our roads by the end of the year. Wi fi controlled convoys are part of a plan to cut emissions and congestion, but there is concern about the risk to drivers. Residents along the texas coast prepare for what could be the deadliest storm to hit the us since Hurricane Katrina. And coming up in the sport on bbc news double success for great britian. Mo farah takes gold in his final track race over 5,000 metres, and cj ujah runs a personal best in the 100 metres. Good afternoon. Welcome to the bbc news at one. A rock starjailed for child abuse could have been stopped nearly four years earlier if numerous allegations against him had been investigated properly and if a witness had been believed. The independent Police Complaints Commission Says South Wales P
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Samsungs group leader offers an apology before he takes the hot seat asa apology before he takes the hot seat as a suspect in south korea corruption scandal. It is a 3 billion industry, as parents spend big time for high tech smart toys sales are growing fast. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. It is thursday. Lagutin during us for this edition of Asia Business report. We start with samsung and the group leader lee jae yong has arrived at short time ago with the south Korean Prosecutor Office for questioning over bribery suspicion is, it is pa rt over bribery suspicion is, it is part of a scandal that may permanently unseat the president. Samsung is accused of giving donations to non profit foundations toa donations to non profit foundations to a confidant of the president in return for assistance in a business transaction. Mr lee apologised. Translation i am very sorry to the south korean people. Samsung has denied any wrongdoing, so what do prosecutors hope to find . I put the questio