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
Gusts as high as 30 miles per hour. Temperatures a little cooler than we have been our warmest temperatures inland only in the mid 80s for your daytime highs, 60s and 70s remaining study out along the coast and the bay. Daria thanks a lot and its 7 oclock. The big story is the coronavirus spike a record breaking cases in the u. S. Triggering rollbacks now in nearly all the states including here in california yesterday starting mention the most infections recorded in a single day california. Yeah leading the way 9700 cases reported texas not far behind they showed 8,000 and in total according to Johns Hopkins universitys latest daily numbers more than 50,000 cases across the country yesterday. The total number of positive cases then now grossed 2. 6 million. Since the beginning of this pandemic more than a 128,000 people have lost their lives and experts are worried if things dont turn around at some point soon. We could eventually see a 100,000 new cases each and every day. So heres a
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
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
Remembering the victims across it and watching those live pictures there from that moment of silence being observed in rome well lets get more on whats happening around the country our correspondent francesco jumper tony is in milan for us francesco yet another sobering moment today but at the same time i see some potential optimism i see some Health Experts are predicting that italy could now reach its infection peak in a week or so. Where were they thats thats where. The latest on official forecasts based on different researchers are saying that the daily could reach the peak in 7 to 10 days and see the new cases hitting 0 in the 1st 2 weeks of may but of course this is not sure yet what is sure is dead 812 people died yesterday bring in the total death toll to over 11500 and the confirmed positive cases are more than 100000 but the growth appears much slower than last week did ailing crees is now costs unduly under the 8 percent and the recoveries never been so many so there is yes