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
The course of the weekend. And why 500 trees in one the most famous gardens in britain could be under threat by major road widening plans. Good morning. Its friday 25th august. Im annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc newsroom live. A police force has been severely criticised for its failure over a four year period to investigate allegations about ian watkins, the former lead singer of the band lost prophets, who was convicted in 2013 of 13 child sex offences. An investigation by the independent Police Complaints commission has found that South Wales Police failed to act on eight reports and three intelligence logs from six different people about watkins. The ipcc said the force had dismissed allegations made by watkins ex girlfriend and had failed to look at incriminating texts from watkins on her phone, because officers believed she lacked credibility. The Commission Says the investigation raised the most disturbing concerns about the way the case was handled. Our reporter Mark Hutchings ha
Amid Engineering Works on some of the countrys busiest routes. The acting chairman of samsung, the Worlds Largest smartphone maker, is sentenced to five years in prison for bribery and embezzlement. Driverless lorries will be trialled on our roads by the end of the year. Wi fi controlled convoys are part of a plan to cut emissions and congestion, but there is concern about the risk to drivers. Residents along the texas coast prepare for what could be the deadliest storm to hit the us since Hurricane Katrina. And coming up in the sport on bbc news double success for great britian. Mo farah takes gold in his final track race over 5,000 metres, and cj ujah runs a personal best in the 100 metres. Good afternoon. Welcome to the bbc news at one. A rock starjailed for child abuse could have been stopped nearly four years earlier if numerous allegations against him had been investigated properly and if a witness had been believed. The independent Police Complaints Commission Says South Wales P
Test test [inaudible conversations] [cheering] [applause] welcome to book culture. If this is your first time, thank you so much for finding us. 20 years ago this was lost to Upper West Side along with many other bookstores over the years. A year ago we took the plunge and opened a third store. Book culture is pleased to host ed boland whose book is the battle for room 314. [applause] join we dont charge for the events but we hope you will pick up a copy of the book and we will have ed signing up at the front afterwards. So if you can wait a moment to congratulate him personly. Ed boland has dedicated his entire life to nonprofit causes predominantly educational institutions. As a fundraiser and communication expert he was an admission officer and lived in china as an asia fellow. And me yong lee writes for many publications and she received a full bright award in korea and was a judge for the National Book anard and prev previously taught at brigham young. Of course i killed them. I k
This Friday, GR gallery will present Dimensional Fantasia a chimerical group presentation featuring Japanese twin brothers Koshiro and Kenshiro Kihara.