businessman srettha thavisin, to be the next prime minister. mr srettha won a majority of votes in a joint seession of the elected lower house and unelected senate. he heads a coalition which includes conservative, military aligned parties from the outgoing administration which in the past have been staunch opponents of pheu thai. the vote coincided with the return from a 15 year exile of former prime minister thaksin shinawatra, the founder and main funder of pheu thai, and follows an earlier vote last month when the unelected senate blocked the formation of a coalition administration led by the reformist move forward party, which won the largest share of seats in the may general election. new figures just published show a significant decrease in the number of people dying of drug misuse in scotland.
in cricket, jon lewis is the new head coach for england s women. he replaces lisa keightley, who stepped down at the end of the summer. lewis had been with the men s side as a bowling coach. he ll take charge for the women s tour of west indies, which begins on the 11th of december. ahead of sunday s season ending abu dhabi grand prix, world champion max verstappen was fastest in the second practice session, with mercedes george russell setting the second quickest time this morning in the opening seession. it s also set to be a weekend to rememberforfour time world champion sebastian vettel. after 16 years in formula 1, he ll race for one final time this weekend and had a chance to reflect on his driving career, starting from a very young age, alongside his very proud dad in the aston martin garage. that s all the sport for now. hello.
in the semifinals tomorrow. in cricket, jon lewis is the new head coach for england s women. he replaces lisa keightley, who stepped down at the end of the summer. lewis had been with the men s side as a bowling coach. he ll take charge for the women s tour of west indies, which begins on the 4th of december. ahead of sunday s season ending abu dhabi grand prix, world champion max verstappen was fastest in the second practice session, with mercedes george russell setting the second quickest time this morning in the opening seession. it s also set to be a weekend to rememberforfour time world champion sebastian vettel. after 16 years in formula 1, he ll race for one final time this weekend and had a chance to reflect on his driving career, starting from a very young age, alongside his very proud dad in the aston martin garage.