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Happens next also coming up a bit more freedom for women in saudi arabia the ultra conservative kingdom is finally going to let women drive activists have been fighting for that right for years. How the push to defeat just how this is taking a heavy toll on the people of somalia we have an exclusive report. Plus the long and winding road toward forming a government germanys general election last weekend means chancellor merkel has to persuade two other parties to join her conservatives could take months. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us Thailands Supreme Court has sentenced for Prime MinisterYingluck Shinawatra to five years in jail she was found guilty of failing to stop corruption in a government rice subsidies scheme shinawatra was not present when the sentence was read out she fled the co ....
Sentenced to five years in jail but she fled into exile. And a woman to lead germanys opposition the social democrats select on they had knowledge of their left wing to head the group in parliament. Hello im terry martin good to have you with Us Saudi Arabia says its going to allow women to drive its a big leap forward for the ultra conservative nation the only one to bar women from getting behind the wheel a royal decree announced on state television said the ban would be lifted in june in the meantime a committee will be formed to work out how to implement that to create it came as something of a surprise well find out why its been issued at this time for us this report. The streets of saudi arabia have long been a battleground on one hand women wanting to drive on the other the religious conservatives who have called them too stupid their mobility a threat to society now it is the women who have won. King solomon has issued a ....
Finance minister both gun show could be out of his job as chancellor merkel seeks ways to sweeten the deal with potential Coalition Partners. I feel gail welcome to the program well get to those stories in just a moment well start though with some breaking news iraqi kurds have voted yes to an independent state and by an overwhelming majority according to the you Action Commission more than ninety two percent of voters cast their ballots in favor of independence the referendum took place in iraqs autonomous kurdistan region and disputed areas of Northern Iraq despite this the government in baghdad has refused to recognize the bout it. Now saudi arabia says it is going to allow women to drive this is a big leap forward for the ultra conservative nation the only one of the world with such a ban in place a royal decre ....
Is this a sign of wider reform in this notoriously conservative take. On the European Commission office new proposals to fix the a used migration crisis the block is as divided as ever. Im phil gale welcome to the program an overwhelming majority of iraqi kurds have voted in favor of independence from iraq announcing the results of mondays referendum the Kurdish Election Commission said more than ninety two percent of voters i had elected to secede and have a year referendum took place in iraqs autonomous kurdistan region as well as disputed areas of Northern Iraq it was celebrations in the city of solo money as the results were announced Central Government in baghdad has opposed the referendum since its inception. More now from journalist a big ....