Shortly after the announcement, Ms Shinawatra said she felt it was time for her to serve. I talked to my family, and i talked to a lot of people from my party. And i decided that it is about time to do something for the country and for the party as well. And i hope that i can do my best to. Make the country go forward. That. Is what i try to do. Right now, of course today, i feel very honoured and i feel very happy. Paetongtarn Shinawatras Election sees the return of the powerful and divisive shinawatra dynasty. Herfather, thaksin shinawatra, was Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006. He was deposed in a Military Coup and lived in self imposed exile for 15 years, during which he was convicted of corruption. He returned to thailand last year. Mr thaksin s brother in law, somchai wongsawat, led the nation for less than three months in 2008. An anti Corruption Body found him guilty of neglecting his duties while working in the Justice Department eight years earlier. Mr thaksin s sister, yinglu
On with all students is do take the opportunity to get vaccinated. We know that vaccinations are the best protection that individuals can take. Its the best protection for the University Community as a whole. Many universities will still ask students to wear masks and will manage timetables to avoid overcrowding. Nhs teams hopeful that, coupled with increased vaccination, will not only maximise student enjoyment, but also reduce pressure on services as we go into the winter months. Megan patterson, Bbc News. Now its time for a look at the weather with stav. Hello there. Weve done pretty well with the sunshine today, plenty of areas were dry, fine, quite warm for central, southern, eastern england, but well continue to see the chance of heavy showers and thunderstorms through the midlands this evening and into the first part of the night. Its not been sunny everywhere, we have had this weak Weather Front bringing more cloud to southern scotland, northern england, wales and the south wes
sir keir will be at a technology centre in the city of bristol where he will also be taking questions from journalists. live now to westminster and our political correspondent, henry zeffman. what is expected to be the priority for him to set out in his speech? i think you re going to have keir starmer trying to set the tone for the year ahead and, as you will know, it is a big year ahead for keir starmer because he begins the year as leader of the labour party, leader of the opposition but he may well end the year as prime minister. we are expecting a general election, almost certainly to take place in 2024. i think you will have keir starmer trying to use rhetoric and language to talk about the choice that he thinks will come in the general election. this is not going to be a policy heavy speech, it is going to be keir starmer trying to talk about the year ahead, the choice ahead. some of the rhetoric we have had already in advance from his team we are expecting him to use
hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein, has begun in la he s facing 11 further charges of abuse. it s a bumpy ride for the iphone 1a as rollercoasters reportedly trigger emergency distress calls. this is the worst new speed production bbc news has ever seen. and for one day only, the prince and princess of wales turn their hands to reporting in a special edition of bbc s newsbeat to mark world mental health day. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden has promised to provide ukraine with advanced air defence systems after the worst russian attack on ukrainian cities for months. his comments come after russia launched more than 80 missiles at sites across ukraine on monday including the capital kyiv. in a separate development, the head of the gchq - the uk intelligence agency is expected to say, later today, that ukraine is turning the tide against exhausted russian forces. many homes were reported to be among the sites targeted yesterday, along with healt