W. This is news a lot from thailands proMilitary Party takes the lead in much anticipated elections the vote counting is still underway but partial results give the edge to the party supporting the ruling military regime critics accuse the military of having stacked the political in its favor to live in bangkok for analysis also coming out. To stricken cruise ship viking scott reaches shore after a parent died in stormy conditions off the northeast coast nine hundred passengers
and crew were still on board hundreds more had been airlifted to safety while the ship was still at sea. And zimbabwe struggles to cope after cycling our correspondent meets the people searching for answers about the fate of their loved ones for over a week after the huge storm struck. A michael thanks for joining us early results from thailands long delayed General Election show the countrys pro Military Party with a lead over its main challenger thats with Election Officials saying that ninety percent of ballo
Country. Forest starts first on w. Place. This is d w news life from berlin signs of an inconclusive results in thailand election as voters are counted exit polls show the opposition will winning the most seats but not enough to form a government what does this mean for a country following final years of military rule well go live to bangkok for analysis. Terrifying moments at sea
a cruise ship breaks down in dangerous waters off the norwegian coast will have an update on the rescue efforts for hundreds stuck on board. Im looking for thanks for joining us. Exit polls and thailands first General Election since a coup and Two Thousand And Fourteen indicate the populist Opposition Type Party has taken the most seats but Prime Minister and former army chief. Is still hoping to extend his hold on power as the country returns to civilian control exit polls signaled his party took ninety six seats while One Hundred And Sixty Three seats appeared to have gone to the Poirot Thai Party and has l
a cruise ship breaks down in dangerous waters off the norwegian coast will have an update on the rescue efforts for hundreds stuck on board. i m looking for thanks for joining us. exit polls and thailand s first general election since a coup and two thousand and fourteen indicate the populist opposition type party has taken the most seats but prime minister and former army chief. is still hoping to extend his hold on power as the country returns to civilian control exit polls signaled his party took ninety six seats while one hundred and sixty three seats appeared to have gone to the poirot thai party and has links to oust the prime minister talks in. let s bring in d w
prime minister promising stability to face the opposition type party which will raise questions about the fairness of the poll saying the rules favored the military. let s bring in correspondent bastien heartache he joins us live from bangkok bastian the election commission is reporting most of the votes are pro-military and it s likely ahead what more can you tell us about the initial voting and why we re seeing these kinds of results. well so there s been a couple of big surprises here in this election night so far and one of them is as you say that the military party has come in so strong we didn t expect that to happen right behind me is the party had quarter of the prototype party which is the party of former prime minister yingluck shinawatra was ousted by the military in the last back in two thousand and fourteen now they had expected that there were going to be even winners in this election now it turns out it s