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 shinawatra s 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, yingl
west coast responded with the latest on the strike action. the last time both actors and writers were on strike at the same time in the 19605 when ronald reagan was president, not of america, but of the screen actors guild. they will go on strike tomorrow when the writers walked out nearly over two months ago now, they brought a halt too much of the production in hollywood. now the actors ijoined them, that will bring almost a complete halt to the whole industry. that will cost the californian economy ten5 that will cost the californian economy tens of millions of dollars every day. it will mean financial hardship for many people working at industry still recovering from the pandemic and it will mean a major delay to scooting settles student schedules. the student schedules. the im act student schedules. the impact will student schedules. the impact will be student schedules. the impact will be very - impact will be very significant. can you tell us some of the
real life drama for hollywood actors as contract talks collapse setting up a strike. plus president biden in finland to welcome one and eventually two nordic nations to the nato alliance. and federal prosecutors talk to the top elections official in michigan. what does she know about efforts to overturn the 2020 vote. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. we begin this morning with a developing story out of hollywood, california, where contract negotiations with the s.a.g. actors union and major studios and streamers broke down overnight. this sets the stage for hollywood s first big shutdown in more than six decades. union leaders say its national board will meet a few hours from now to formally authorize a strike. s.a.g. has about 160,000 members. if they go on strike, they would join hollywood screen writers who walked off the job in may. more on this coming up. but first president biden with a meeting of nordic leaders in finland this morning fo
welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in thailand where there s huge uncertainty about the country s future direction. the two main opposition parties have agreed to form a ruling coalition. that s after they defeated their military backed rivals in a general election. but thailand s upper house the senate is dominated by the military and they could yet block a reformist prime minister. from bangkok, jonathan head reports. stunned by their success, thailand s youngest and most progressive party came to celebrate at the place they call democracy monument, built to commemorate a democracy that many thais say they have never had. today we have politics driven by hope in this country. they were told by an mp who, like so many in the party, has spent time in jail for his political views. this caught the public s imagination with the boldness and clarity of its manifesto. yes, the new era. you look very happy. yeah. i m startin
announcer: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in thailand. there s huge uncertainty about the country s future direction. the two main opposition parties have agreed to form a ruling coalition. that s after they defeated their military backed rivals in a general election. but thailand s upper house the senate is dominated by the military, and they could yet block a reformist prime minister. from bangkok, jonathan head reports. stunned by their success, thailand s youngest and most progressive party came to celebrate at the place they call democracy monument, built to commemorate a democracy that many thais say they have never had. today we have politics driven by hope in this country. they were told by an mp who, like so many in the party, has spent time injail for his political views. move forward caught the public s imagination with the boldness and cl