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 guilty of implementing a controversial life subsidy policy that benefited only her party, her thai, subsidy policy that benefited only her party, herthai, and subsidy policy that benefited only her party, her thai, and that cost the government billions of dollars. The scheme was part of Yingluck Shinawatras winning manifesto, a generous promise to buy rice farmers entire crop for much more in the market price. But it was also expensive and wasteful. Some of those losses it is alleged were also due to corruption. The military used corruption is one of the justifications of the coup against Yingluck Shinawatras government. But many thais believed the coup was about knocking out the shinawatra family asa about knocking out the shinawatra family as a political force. This trial is about much more than a controversial rice scheme. Whatever happens to Yingluck Shinawatra at the supreme court, it will be used by both opponents and her supporters to gauge what kind of role thailands most popular Political Party will be allowed to play in the future and whether the military wa nts future and whether the military wants reconciliation or victory over the government it ousted three years ago. Lets take a look at some of the days other news. The white house says relations between President Trump and republican congressional leaders are fine. Mr trump ramped up an apparent feud on social media against the tactics used by mitch mcconnell, the majority leader in the senate, and his house counterpart, paul ryan, over legislation. But this is what the press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders had to say. Look, i think the relationships are fine. Certainly there are going to be some policy differences. But there are a lot of shared goals and thatis there are a lot of shared goals and that is what we are focused on. We are disappointed that obamacare, they failed to get it repealed and replaced. But at the same time President Trump has worked with leader mcconnell to reach out to other members and to work on those shared goals and we are going to continue to do that when the senate comes back for recess. Political analyst ron christie served as a special advisor to george w bush. He explained how damaging this public rift could be. I think ithink in i think in the short term not too damaging. Most parents are looking to send their children back to school. They are looking forward to the fall. I have to tell you, we only have six legislative days in september. We have to find a way that we dont if the national debt. We have to find a way to keep the government open and find a way to fund the Appropriations Bills that do that. So if it stretches out past labour day i think that is when you start to get the damage of republicans going to hear from democrat counterpart to say you dont know how to govern. That i thing would have a Lasting Impact on the relationship between the republicans and their president at the other end of of pennsylvania avenue. Also making news today. The un has called for a temporary halt to fighting in the syrian city of raqqa to allow civilians to escape. It believes up to 25,000 people are still inside the city. A us backed coalition is trying to recapture it from so called islamic state. The humanitarian chief for syria said raqqa is probably the worst place in the world right now. In spain, hundreds of people have been attending an Interfaith Memorial Service for the victims of the barcelona terror attack. Among those taking part, the mayor of barcelona and the president of the catalonia region. The government of sierra leone says more than 500 people were killed in last weeks mudslide and flash floods, which hit the capital freetown. More than 800 are still missing, feared buried under the rubble. Sierra leones National Emergency service says 6,000 people have been directly affected by the disaster. A ferry has capsized off the North Eastern brazilian city of salvador, killing more than 20 people. The Authorities Say more than 100 were rescued. Its the second major boat accident in brazil this week. A ferry sinking on tuesday killed at least 19 people. Now to an uplifting story. Mavis wanzyk has beaten very long odds by winning the biggest single jackpot in north american history. Its an incredible 758] million. Just to give you an idea, the odds of winning the jackpot are one in 292 million. Mavis bought the ticket at a petrol station in chicopee. Heres how shes feeling about the win. Last night it was kind of like, i didnt realise i had one. 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Divers have found the remains of one sailor but nine are still missing. It is the fourth time a us warship has been involved in an accident in asian waters in the past year. Regional security expert carl thayer spoke to me from canberra about how these incidents will affect the us navys presence in asia. Well, i would like to make two points, the more proximal and what about the seamanship and professionalism display that led to the collision, so that is internal to that ship, and then there is the larger question of the entire Us Pacific Fleet based injapan that has had these four accidents and whether or not the operational tempo, the sequestration of Government Funds has led to shortcuts or a deficiency in training that generally has contributed to these four specific accidents. We know the investigations are continuing. It has been a number of days to find out what actually caused this collision. 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Absolutely, saying that the us fleet navigation is the main hazard. That the us sales is warships arrogantly. That is the language used. So what are the crucial areas that the us navy is going to have to work on two try to improve its image . Well, one, they are looking at the progression ofjunior officers to be given responsibility to stand watch particularly at night, and how they interact with the combat information centre, which does the navigation of the ship. And whether they follow those particular procedures properly. Military ships turn off the lights and sail the navigation lights. They may have an Identification System they can turn for operational reasons. So how in a congested area, entering the straights of malacca, which is a well controlled naval highway, they are separation lanes, but the mccain was hit on the port side, which may indicate that if a collision is about to occur, taking evasive action prior to that, and you have right of way, which the mccain would have had if it was hit on the port side, that still leaves open wide in the last remaining minutes that no action was taken. Swiss police say eight people are missing after a landslide in the east of the country. Rescuers are intensifying their operation while geologists warn of further landslides. The remote alpine valley is popular with climbers and hikers. Imogen foulkes reports. 0n on wednesday morning 4 million cubic metres of mud and rock poured down the mountain, destroying farmhouses in its path and ending up right on the edge of the tiny village of bondo. Residents were evacuated immediately. Helicopters plucked hikers from alpine huts. At first rescue workers thought everyone was safe. Translation overnight we received reports of missing people. We intensify the rescue effort, an Army Helicopter was sent out. U nfortu nately Army Helicopter was sent out. Unfortunately up to now we havent found anyone. Police have now confirmed that eight people known to have been in the region at the time of the landslide are officially missing. 0ver of the landslide are officially missing. Over 120 rescue workers are now searching on foot and with specialised helicopters which can detect mobile phone signals. These remote steep sided valleys are a popular with climbers and hikers but they are also known for the risk of avalanche and rock slides. Some communities here have already invested millions in protective barriers. Geologist are warning that in the coming days further landslides cannot be ruled out. Youre watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme a verdict later for the head of Samsung Jay Y Lee following a six month trial for allegedly paying bribes. Well bring you up to speed with the latest there also on the programme the narwhal as the sea ice retreats in the arctic, scientists are learning more about the creature they call the unicorn of the sea. Hes the first African American to accept the president ial nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that Martin Luther king declared, i have a dream. As darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south eastern sky. An orange, glowing disc thats brighter than anything save the moon our neighbouring planet, mars. There is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the worlds newest nation. Itll take months, and billions of dollars to re pair what katrina achieved injust hours. Three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that clockmaker john vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. This is newsday on the bbc. Im Sharanjit Leyl in singapore. Im alpa patel in london. Our top stories verdicts are due in thailand on charges against Yingluck Shinawatra, the former thai Prime Minister accused of operating an illegal subsidy scheme. The white house insists relations are good between donald trump and the Republican Leadership after he criticised senior figures in the party. And we bought you this story earlier, and its proving very popular on our website bbc. Com. The biggest ever single Winning Ticket in us lottery history. Mavis wanczyk has won 750 million dollars. Im sure quite a few of us are pondering what wed do if wed won that kind of money. Lets take a look at some front pages from around the world. The japan times leads with an image of the aftermath of typhoon hato, which left eight dead and over 200 injured after it hit chinas macau. The picture shows a resident looking out from an Apartment Building that has been left without windows after enduring the storm. The front page of the Philippine Star has a story on president dutertes war on drugs. Three policemen are accused of killing kian loyd delos santos during an anti drug operation earlier in august. The senate has opened an investigation into the death of the 17 year old and mr duterte has personally ordered those responsible to be ta ken into custody. And the South China Morning Post reports on beijing airport implementing facial Recognition Technology created by Search Engine baidu. The Artificial Intelligence will be used to admit ground crew and staff, with plans to eventually allow passengers to board flights just by having their faces scanned at the airport. Quite Extraordinary Technology there what stories are sparking discussions online . Well, iwonder, sharanjit, how much brisk walking you do . Because thats the story is trending here in the uk. It turns out 40 of people in england who are middle aged spend less than ten minutes a month walking at a fast pace, theyre putting their health at risk according to experts. They want people to do it for at least ten minutes every day. The billionaire head of south Koreas Samsung group, one of the Worlds Largest corporate empires, will find out on friday whether hes been found guilty of corruption. During a six month trial, lee jae yong was accused of giving inappropriate donations to a friend of the countrys former President Park geun hye, a charge that helped trigger her dismissal from office. Mr lee has pleaded not guilty. Yogita limaye reports from seoul. To the Korean People it was bigger than watergate. Any other kind of National Scandal that happened in any other part of the world. The trial involving lee jae yong is perhaps one of the most closely watched here in south korea and around the world. Use the de facto boss of one of the worlds biggest companies, samsung, and hes involved in a massive Corruption Scandal that saw mass protests involving hundreds of thousands of people on the streets. The former president , park was impeached. And mist li is facing trial because he is accused of paying bribes, of making donations to non government organisations that were run by miss parks trend but in return the Government Support for a merger that would eventually allow him to become the head of samsung after this fathers death. Samsung is huge in south korea, the Company Accounts for 15 of all sales that take place in this country. You have samsung apartments, samsung hospitals, samsung universities and even a samsung universities and even a samsung amusement park. As far as the business is concerned, samsung is too big an enterprise to be run by one person and mr li wasnt involved with day to day operations so the compa nys involved with day to day operations so the companys fortunes dont seem to have been dented since the trial began. It is my pleasure to in