and london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it s 8am in singapore, iam in london, and 7am in bangkok, where, in a few hours‘ time, thailand s 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, let s go to the bbc‘s 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,
, we will speak to prominent muslim scholar tariq ramadan. and we will look at president trump s warning to pakistan. trumka we can no longer be silent. the taliban and other groups that pose a threat to the region and beyond. amy: all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in charlottesville, virginia, residents cheered and celebrated as workers covered two confederate statues one of general robert e. lee and another of general stonewall jackson with black fabric on wednesday in order to mourn the death of heather heyer, who was killed by a neo-nazi during a white supremacist rally in charlottesville on august 12. i feel like it is progress. i am concerned it will be an invitation for people who disagree with shrouding the statue to come back here. i have concerns about that. the real resolution that i would like to see is the statue coming down. i feel really impatient about that at this poi
hundreds of civilians have been killed and injured since the u.s.-backed offensive began in june. then as thousands of muslims march against violence after last week s barcelona van attack , we will speak to prominent muslim scholar tariq ramadan. and we will look at president trump s warning to pakistan. trumka we can no longer be silent. the taliban and other groups that pose a threat to the region and beyond. amy: all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in charlottesville, virginia, residents cheered and celebrated as wororkers covered two confederate statues one of general robert e. lelee and another of general stonewall jackson with black fabric on wednesday in order to mourn the death of heather heyer, who was kikilled by a neo-nanazi duringa white supremacist rally in charlottesville on august 12. i feel like it is progress. i am concerned it wiwill be an invitation for people who di
and in half an hour, plenty of colour and comedy, as we head to hull to check out the latest from britain s city of culture. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. eight people have died in a crash involving two lorries and a minibus on the m1 motorway in buckinghamshire. it happened on the southbound carriageway near newport pagnell in the early hours of this morning. four people have been taken to hospital and two men have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. our correspondent jenny kumah reports. the crash happened at around 3:15am on the m1 southbound between junctions 15 and 1a near newport pagnell. one vehicle was a fedex uk lorry, the other from aim logistics. police believe the minibus was travelling from nottingham. eight people have been confirmed dead. four, including a child, were taken to hospital and are seriously injured. two men have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. they are in police custody. and
it will take years to recover from hurricane harvey. that s the message from america s head of disaster relief. thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes, and though harvey has now weakened to a tropical storm, there are warnings of deadly floods and storm surges to come. rockport town, where it made landfall, is the worst hit. one person is known to have died there. so far, the only known fatality from the storm. tens of thousands of homes are without power and there are warnings of flooding in several areas. our correspondent james cook is in the city of corpus christi. are you in there? this is what a category four hurricane means in reality. searching in the wreckage to find out if your neighbour is dead or alive. it seems like dan got out in time but others like judy stage stayed to ride out the storm. did you get any sleep? no, i stayed in my shaking bed, waiting for the roof to come. the roof to come off. and then later quietened down and there wa