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, yi
Missiles fired at its border regions during the night. Heres the governor of Russias Border Region of belgorod declaring that state of emergency. Translation the situation in our belgorod region continues to remain extremely difficult and tense. Daily shelling from the armed forces of Ukraine Destroyed Houses, wounded and dead civilians. Therefore, we are making a decision from today throughout the belgorod region to protect the population and provide additional measures of support to victims by declaring an emergency at the regional level, followed by an appeal to the Government Commission to declare an emergency at the federal level. 0ur Correspondent will vernon. The ukrainians say that they have now seized 1000 square kilometres, as you say, over 70 towns and villages. Russia is saying that they have stopped the ukrainian advance and that the ukrainians will be kicked out of the area. Actually, russias own military bloggers seem to disagree with what the russian ministry of defence
From politics for ten years. The move could also have major implications for southeast asias second largest economy and imPact Investor Confidence. Mr Srettha spoke shortly after the ruling. Translation i respect the verdict of the constitutional court. I reiterate that for almost one year i have been in this role i have tried with good intentions to lead the country with honesty. Lets speak to our south East Asia Correspondent, Jonathan Head, whos in bangkok. He almost expressed a sense of shock at that ruling, is that the general feeling in thailand, are people surprised by this decision by the court . ,. , court . They are, even though the court . They are, even though the court has an court . They are, even though the court has an extraordinary court . They are, even though the court has an extraordinary track. Court has an extraordinary Track Record. All those prime ministers you mentioned, it has dissolved more than 13 parties and this is a court many argue is more powerful than
And banned its former leader from politics for ten years. The move could also have major implications for southeast asias second largest economy and imPact Investor Confidence. Mr Srettha spoke shortly after the ruling. Translation i respect the verdict of the constitutional court. I reiterate that for almost one year i have been in this role, i have tried with good intentions to lead the country with honesty. Our south East Asia Correspondent Jonathan Head told me the Courts Decison on Mr Srettha came to a suprise by the people. They are, even though, of course, the court has an extraordinary Track Record. All those prime ministers you mentioned, it has actually dissolved more than 13 parties and this is a court many argue is more powerful than any elected government in the country. For all that, the whole business about this petition against Mr Srettha was not taken that seriously. I mean, thailands politics are not famous for their ethics, all sorts of colourful and pretty disreputa
it s newsday. it s newsday. thank you for bein: it s newsday. thank you for being with it s newsday. thank you for being with us. we begin in moscow where russian officials have confirmed that the mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin was one of the people who died on a plane which crashed last week. they say dna evidence from the wreckage matches that of mr prigozhin who led a short lived mutiny against president putin. meanwhile, ukraine has warned that russia is intensifying its attacks along the front line. we ll assess the state of conflict with our correspondent in kyiv in a moment, but first let s get the latest from our russia editor steve rosenberg. many people are asking is if the story of wagner, the story of prigozhin finally over? one of prigozhin finally over? one of the things i have learned in russia is that stories here really end. there are so many twists and turns here and new chapters. it is quite possible that even in that death yevgeny prigozhin could