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, yinglu
It was time for new voices and, yes, he acknowledged, younger voices. So i have decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. That is the best way to unIte our nation. Nothing could get in the way of saving democracy, said president biden, including personal ambItion. He painted Novembers Vote as a choice between forwards or back, hope or hate, unIty or division. DespIte republicans calling for him to resign the presidency, Mr Biden said he had no intention of stepping aside. Over the next six months, i will be focused on Doing Myjob as president. That means i will continue to lower costs for hard working families, grow our economy, i will keep defending our personal freedoms and our civil rights, from the right to vote to the right to choose. Many of those watching werent alive the last time a us president did this. In 1968, lyndonjohnson moved aside only to see the republican challenger, richard nixon, ultimately win the presidency. Mr biden will hope that Hi
Now on bbc news, americast. There was blood pourIng everywhere and yet In a certaIn way i felt very safe because i had god on my side. I felt that. So that was Donald Trump with his big and extremely lengthy speech that he has just fInished deliverIng to delegates at the republican national convention. Applause. The amazIng thIng is that prior to the shot, if i had not moved my head at that very last Instant, the assassIn s bullet would have perfectly hit its mark and i would not be here tonight, we would not be together. It is very late on thursday night. So late, its friday mornIng. We are goIng to be runnIng through what Donald Trump had to say, what it all means, whats been happenIng through the week. A lot of those thoughts will also be on our Radio 4 episode this week. It has been the most extraordInary few days In american politics, so we will go through all of the highlights. Welcome to americast. Americast. Americast from bbc news. Hello, itsjustIn In the worldwide headquarter
Good evening. Welcome to the Bbc News at ten. Police are tonight looking for this man, after two suitcases containing Human Remains were found on Clifton Suspension Bridge in bristol. Officers were called to the area late last night after reports that a man was seen acting suspiciously on the bridge. Police have since released this image, and have urged anyone with any information to phone 999. Our correspondent Phil Mackie has the latest from bristol. One of the countrys best known landmarks was today the scene of a gruesome crime. All day its been the focus of intense activity. This afternoon, a private ambulance came to take away the Human Remains. The Grim Discovery was made just after midnight after a call from the public about a Man Acting suspiciously. Eyewitnesses described seeing the suitcases after they were dumped on the bridge. You know, because it was very visible on the end of a bridge but i was like in the middle essentially with, obviously there was blood leaking out an
In britain, new daily covid cases hit a six month high. More than half A Million people in england and wales are alerted by the Nhs App and told to self isolate. We have Special Report from japan where the small Town Excitement for the olympics is being overshadowed by the outcry over rising covid cases. The tremendous enthusiasm here is tempered with anxiety, and thats because places like this in ruraljapan have lots and lots of old people, and so far, almost no covid infections. Hello and welcome. More than 60 people are believed to have died and thousands of others have been displaced by extensive flooding in parts of western germany, belgium and the netherlands. The german chancellor Angela Merkel called it a catastrophe and linked the events to climate change. Our Europe Correspondentjenny Hill reports from one of the worst Hit Areas in western germany. There was, many here told us, no warning. Homes destroyed, lives lost, in a matter of minutes. The water ripped up the roads, tos