Of the heart and bonnie tyler belts out her classic total eclipse of the heart to lucky fans chasing the eclipse, as it sweeps over the us. Good morning. Its tuesday 22nd august. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. President trump says the us will fight to win in afghanistan, as he unveils a new strategy in the war against the taliban. In a major speech last night he said that he had changed his mind about withdrawing troops from the country. He also called on nato allies to do more. Our washington correspondent Aleem Maqbool reports. The man who always said he didnt want to intervene abroad came to announce the intervention in afghanistan is going to ratchet up. But said it was for the right reasons. We are a partner and a friend, but we will not dictate to the Afghan People how to live, or how to govern their own complex society. We are not nation building again. We are killing terrorists. He announced the lifting of a cap on the number of us troops in afghanistan, and that there would be
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
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
Are now the subject of criminal investigations. The new favourite, Emmanuel Macron, says he has a plan to clean up french politics. And, saddle up cowboy. The new us Interior Secretary arrives for the first day at the office on his horse im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Allegations of inappropriate links between the Trump Campaign and russia just dont go away. Today, president trumps Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, has been accused of lying under oath after he failed to disclose to the senate that hed had two meetings with the Russian Ambassador during the election campaign. A Growing Number of Senior Republicans are demanding Jeff Sessions withdraw himself from overseeing any investigation into the administrations links with russia, while democrats are calling for the appointment of a Special Prosecutor and even a criminal investigation. This is how this story unfolded. Mr sessions joined the Trump Campaign last february. Injuly, he attended a Heritage Found