welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in thailand where there s huge uncertainty about the country s future direction. the two main opposition parties have agreed to form a ruling coalition. that s after they defeated their military backed rivals in a general election. but thailand s upper house the senate is dominated by the military and they could yet block a reformist prime minister. from bangkok, jonathan head reports. stunned by their success, thailand s youngest and most progressive party came to celebrate at the place they call democracy monument, built to commemorate a democracy that many thais say they have never had. today we have politics driven by hope in this country. they were told by an mp who, like so many in the party, has spent time in jail for his political views. this caught the public s imagination with the boldness and clarity of its manifesto. yes, the new era. you look very happy. yeah. i m startin
Here is what flyers at Reagan Airport tell us about their concerns getting on a boeing jet. Is that something you would think about may be more then you used to . Yes. I specifically booked these flights. Why . To avoid boeing. Obviously it is something that is a problem to some degree but there still trust in the system. This week the head of the faa says boeing has a long road ahead to get where it needs to be from a safety standpoint but as you saw there, john, and you see in the numbers, its not deterring people from getting on planes, they are flying this Memorial Day Weekend. John . John they sure are and driving too. Thank you, grady. Have a good memorial day. Center . Two stores down they are having a ball two doors down sandra now im truly feeling we are just hours away from the unofficial kickoff to summer Memorial Day Weekend 2024. I do not know how we got to this weekend so fast, john, but its here. Hello and welcome everyone i am sandra smith in new york. John this year ha
Where can you get a steak dinner for less than the price of a McDonald's Happy Meal? According to the latest Consumer Price Index Data, food prices continue to rise this fall. The price of.
a lot more, both in myanmarand on the bangladeshi side, where funding cuts had required us to cut the amount of money that each refugee receives per month tojust $10 in the last couple of months. that sounds ok, but when you calculate it out per meal, it s less than $0.10 per person. per meal. even before the storm, the need for food and shelter was growing, wasn t there? so can you talk us through the situation now briefly before we let you go? it s a real challenge. this is a part of the world that has been subject to decades of conflict. getting each bag of food into the hands of people who require it means a journey by truck, by boat, and if necessary, we will bring materiel in by plane. but the real urgency at the moment
That is the considered opinion Lee Anderson MP He claims that poor people should be able to feed themselves on 30p per meal He has an annual salary of £84 144 And last year he claimed…