announcer: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in thailand. 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 injail for his political views. move forward caught the public s imagination with the boldness and cl
Former Thai Pm Shinawatra Returns From Exile To Face Justice
menafn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from menafn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
KUNA : Former Thai PM Shinawatra returns from exile to face justice - Politics
kuna.net.kw - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kuna.net.kw Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
straightforward. indeed. for viewers who may not be so familiar with the situation in thailand, can you explain why the military is so powerful there? well, the military has been powerful ever since 1932 when a coup led to a constitutional monarchy. military and the bureaucracy, the monarchy together have always wielded a lot of power and the military staged more than 30 coups, including most recently in 2014. the two opposition parties that did really well, the move forward party and the peu thai party are both seen as threats not only to the military but to the broader establishment elite.
the pheu thai party is a more established party that actually has been in government before. it s associated with thaksin shinawatra, who won a couple of elections and was overthrown in a coup. so it does have governance experience. that was scot marciel is a former senior official in the us department of state, with responsibility for relations with south east asia. britain s prime minister rishi sunak has told the visiting ukrainian leader his armed forces will be supplied with hundreds of british air defence missiles and armed drones. this new supply is in addition to the cruise missiles announced last week. president zelensky met and held talks with rishi sunak at the prime minister s country residence, chequers, as part of his tour of ukraine s allies in europe. so what exactly will ukraine get from britain? hundreds more air defence missiles have been promised to protect ukrainian cities. also pledged long range attack drones to help target the invading russian forces. britain