Other news of the day: rail links between China and North Korea reopen. Boos to the Chinese anthem during a game of the Hong Kong national football team. India: Political crisis in Rajasthan. Attacks on protesters who oppose Netanyahu are on the rise. Putin prepares to declare victory in Ukraine.
THAILAND
The former Prime Minister’s daughter (now in exile) Thaksin Shinawatra She is leading opinion polls as the leading candidate for prime minister in next year’s elections. Paetongtarn obtains 21.6% of the preferences; Just in fourth place is Prayuth Chan-ocha, the former coup general, suspended from his position as prime minister. There is a high level of undecided.
CHINA-NORTH KOREA
I know rail links resume between both countries. Beijing and Pyongyang had suspended them in April after the appearance of Covid-19 infections in the Chinese border city of Dandong and, shortly after, in North Korean territory. Kim Jong-un’s regime relies heavily on trade with China.
HONG KONG-CHINA
Controversy continues in the former British colony after fans of the national soccer team they will boo the chinese anthem before the game against Myanmar on September 24. Police filmed the stands to identify the protesters. Under city law, anthem offenses are punishable by up to three years in prison.
INDIA
A political crisis breaks out in the State of Rajasthan. Last night, 82 deputies resigned from the majority – led by the Congress party – in protest at the probable appointment of a new chief minister that they do not like. The current incumbent, Ashok Gehlot, will have to step down if he is elected to the presidency of Congress in October.
ISRAEL
On the eve of the elections to renew the Parliament (Knesset), the number of attacks on anti-Netanyahu protesters. In recent weeks there have been four, while critics accuse the former prime minister and leader of Likud of doing nothing to contain his most extreme supporters.
RUSSIA
as he writes Ria Novosti and several sources confirm, Vladimir Putin could address the Federation Council on September 30. After the conclusion of the referendum – a farce – in the occupied territories of Ukraine, the Russian president will announce the annexation of it and declare victory in the “war of liberation” started in February.
KAZAKHSTAN
In a new blow to Putin, the Kazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokaev declared that his government will not recognize the results of the referendum organized by Russia in the occupied lands of Ukraine, seen as a farce. Tokaev calls for a diplomatic solution to the crisis in accordance with the UN Charter
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