Hello im down in jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up Thailands Supreme Court is expected to deliver corruption verdict against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra fled the country last month. Changing gears saudi arabia would allow women to drive for the first time from next year. And donald trump says hell go to puerto rico after being criticized for his lack of empathy in the u. S. Territory hit by Hurricane Maria. Iraq is over the Kurdistan Regional government to surrender control of its airports or face an embargo on International Flights as part of mounting pressure on the kurdish leadership everett secession referendum on monday initial results show most people voted yes in the nonbinding referendum but reports from. The rhetoric and threats continue and from both sides. Iraq to me that at that i still is still occupying some parts of kirkuk and some parts of iraq i still is still a threat to the cities with some of our brothers in Iraqi Kurdistan a liv
Hello im down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up Thailands Supreme Court is expected to deliver its corruption verdict against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra who fled the country last month. Changing gears saudi arabia will allow women to drive for the first time from next year. To slow to inefficient the french president emanuel micro outlines his vision for transforming the European Union. Iraq has over the Kurdistan Regional government to surrender control of its airports or face an embargo on International Flights its part of mounting pressure on the kurdish leadership of rich secession referendum on monday initial results most people voted yes in the nonbinding poll reports from ever built. The rhetoric and threats continue and from both sides. Iraq to me is that at that i still is still occupying some parts of kirkuk and some parts of iraq i still is still a threat to the cities with some of our brothers in Iraqi Kurdistan a living we must not divi
Happens next also coming up a bit more freedom for women in saudi arabia the ultra conservative kingdom is finally going to let women drive activists have been fighting for that right for years. How the push to defeat just how this is taking a heavy toll on the people of somalia we have an exclusive report. Plus the long and winding road toward forming a government germanys general election last weekend means chancellor merkel has to persuade two other parties to join her conservatives could take months. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us Thailands Supreme Court has sentenced for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to five years in jail she was found guilty of failing to stop corruption in a government rice subsidies scheme shinawatra was not present when the sentence was read out she fled the country in august when the verdict was originally due. Well for more on this story lets bring in our correspondent florian knows shes standing by for us in bangkok florian first of all
Newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 6am 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. From bangkok, our correspondent Karishma Vaswani reports. This was Yingluck Shinawatra six yea rs this was Yingluck Shinawatra six years ago, a political novice bringing her Brothers Party to victory in thailands general elections. She is no longer in power and is now standing trial on a charge of negligence for a controversial life subsidy scheme. If found guilty she could face ten yea rs if found guilty she could face ten years in prison and a lifetime ban from politics. Seen here at the start of a trial, Yingluck Shinawatra appeared confident. But her critics say she is g
Newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 6am 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. From bangkok, our correspondent Karishma Vaswani reports. This was Yingluck Shinawatra six yea rs this was Yingluck Shinawatra six years ago, a political novice bringing her Brothers Party to victory in thailands general elections. She is no longer in power and is now standing trial on a charge of negligence for a controversial life subsidy scheme. If found guilty she could face ten yea rs if found guilty she could face ten years in prison and a lifetime ban from politics. Seen here at the start of a trial, Yingluck Shinawatra appeared confident. But her critics say she is g