I joined up this is al jazeera life and was a coming out. Guilty verdict the Supreme Court in thailand sentences former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to five years in prison for corruption. The u. S. Defense secretary and nato secretary general in kabul sells a new afghan policy that may not be all that new plus. A show of force from south africas Largest Workers Union its main demand president jacob zuma must go. Iraqs kurdish region is about ten ounces the official results from mondays succession referendum an official estimate say kurds have voted yes iraqi Prime Minister body is ready regional leaders to cancel the results its good morning from me joining us live from bill we waiting on the results what are you hearing how is it going to work. Well were waiting for the results the first said that they were supposed to be announced a short while ago. However the room where the press conference is going to happen is full with journalism everybody is really on standby even the pe
Official referendum results come in the Kurdish People and their government a feeling the heat. Off International Flights to the semi autonomous region and im demanding the airport be handed down. Also on the grid the long journey for women to get behind the wheel in saudi arabia. Finally ending a ban thats been a symbol of female oppression and the ultra conservative kingdom but what does it mean in a country where god. Gave man power over women in so many other ways well be looking at that and also in the rainforests of south america as the hunt goes on for the killers of up to twenty people in brazil they were members of an amazonian tribe one which had no contact with the outside world. Twitter is planning to double its character limit from one hundred forty two hundred eighty some say it will give more meaning. More to the. By the way everything i just. Streaming online through you tube Facebook Live and. Percent ninety percent of iraqi kurds who took part in that controversial re
Demand to hand over control of airports. About this and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a President Trump plans to cut the number of refugees entering the u. S. To the lowest level in nearly four decades plus. Johnny a page from the cell network gallon nationwide strike. Calling the president jacob zuma to step down. And all aboard the corruption coach for a ride on a Money Laundering lane the london bus tour that takes in properties allegedly bought by crooked and high profile nigerians. Hours after winning a landslide in the secession referendum the government of caracas kurdish region has rejected by. Demands to hand over control of airports ninety two percent of kurds who posted about have voted yes the results been announced despite a last minute appeal to cancel it by the iraqi Prime Minister charles traffic reports from. So liberations on the streets of the build up to ninety two percent of voters said yes to secession for the kurdish region of northern iraq. Th
Camps. Thanks for joining us. Those are the headlines. You are watching france 24. We start in thailand where antigovernment protesters have seized this friday and another symbol of the state. A crowd 1000 strong taking control of the National Army headquarters while others surrounded the Party Headquarters of Prime Minister jim gluck shinawatra, anger directed at the Prime Minister accused of being a puppet of former premier exiled brother Oxon Shinawatra sachsen shinawatra. Than 1000 antigovernment protesters forced their way into the headquarters of the thai army, forces goodbye. Reminisce shinawatra rolled out using violence. Atmosphere,ely calm climbed fences and forced open a gate. Chanting, we know which side the demandedn, protesters once again the Prime Ministers departure. In another part of bangkok, others marched toward the headquarters of the ruling party. I came here today to show i did not agree with the governments behavior. They are the cause of all the countrys proble
Nelson mandelas coffin goes back to the heart of South African government. First, Bangladeshs Supreme Court rejected an appeal of a death sentence given to Opposition Leader abdul quader mollah. He was due to be put to death on tuesday. He was convicted for crimes during the 1971 war of independence. David chater is in the capital of qatar. What is the reaction to the reprieve being taken away. As expected the reaction is clash on the street, violence. We have report that an activist was killed. 15 people were injured in the divisional town. There has been a bomb explosion across the capital city. Its ongoing. In the last three weeks we had violence across bangladesh. Maybe the capital city was calmer than the rest of the division. Part of the reason is the pollittizizing of the jamal islamic. All this comes in the backdrop of when the United Nation assist trying to broker a negotiation between the opposition and the ruling party youll have to explain more about what jamaleilami what t