Prodemocracy protests in thailand on the anniversary of the revolution which ended the absolute monarchy but almost 90 years later the political system remains controversial with military leaders calling the shots behind the scenes in government does real democracy really stand a chance this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dopy it is 88 years since the revolution in thailand which was the end of the absolute monarchy and the start of democracy but its the army and the royal palace which define much of type politics the king by law has few direct powers but he is very influential the Prime Minister is elected but many thais question the democratic process Prime Minister. Took over last year after 5 years of military rule hes the former army general who led the last military coup in 2014 it was the 12th coup since the end of absolute monarchy the militarys control on society alarms prodemocracy activists protesters in bangkok have defied a ban on Mass Gathering
Record rise in cases and a warning for americans Top University predicts 118000. Deaths. And South Koreans the 70th anniversary of the war with north korea. Australias Largest Airline quantas is cutting 6000. 00 staff to reduce costs as it fights to survive the crown of virus pandemic the airline is grounding 100. 00 planes for at least a year and will keep 15000. 00 workers on leave for months its boss alan joyce says hes hoping to save 10000000000. 00 over 3 years in response to what he says is the biggest crisis the industry has ever faced. This crisis is still hit those very very hard and the impact will be felt for a long time particularly im sorry to say the impact on our people it is very clear that International Travel is likely to be stalled for some considerable time i outed the peak body for the Airline Industry says it will take more than train years for Global Travel to return to 2019 levels and make a leg aids joins us now live from kamber and so nick a call this is a big
Nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the vote followed the u. S. Elections on a. Prodemocracy protests in thailand on the anniversary of the revolution which ended the absolute monarchy but almost 90 years later the political system remains controversial with military leaders calling the shots behind the scenes in government does real democracy really stand a chance this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dopy it is 88 years since the revolution in thailand which was the end of the absolute monarchy and the start of democracy but its the army and the royal palace which define much of type politics the king by law has few direct powers but he is very influential the Prime Minister is elected but many thais question the democratic process Prime Minister prior took over last year after 5 years of military rule hes the former
Outbreak. Fishermen rescue nearly 100 refugees now indonesia says it plans to push them back out to sea. Lets begin with some new developments in the global Aviation Industrys effort to survive during the coronavirus pandemic more than 40 Major Airlines have been forced to ground their entire fleet many have suspended over 90 percent of their flights strayers Largest Airline quantas has Just Announced 6000 job cuts so ordered a bid to lower those costs as it fights to stay in operation germanys love tanser the 2nd largest in europe has signed a deal to secure a 10000000000. 00 government rescue package but in the us where travel demand has picked up a little since april the number of people passing through airports is still down more than 92 percent compared to last year. So now dominic amy joins us from berlin so its all its all about looking very good for the Aviation Industry very guess relatively speaking left hand has been lucky right. Well if it is lucky then certainly from the t
Prodemocracy protests in thailand on the anniversary of the revolution which ended the absolute monarchy but almost 90 years later the political system remains controversial with military leaders calling the shots behind the scenes in government does real democracy really stand a chance this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dopy it is 88. 00 she is since the revolution in thailand which was the end of the absolute monarchy and the start of democracy but its the army and the royal palace which define much of type politics the king by law has few direct powers but he is very influential the Prime Minister is elected but many thais question the democratic process Prime Minister. Took over last year after 5 years of military rule hes the former army general who led the last military coup in 2014 it was the 12th coup since the end of absolute monarchy the militarys control on society alarms prodemocracy activists protesters in bangkok have defied a ban on Mass Gath