Thailand’s prime minister has been removed by the Constitutional Court, plunging the country’s politics into turmoil and dealing a blow to its most powerful political dynasty. Paetongtarn Shinawatra was dismissed for violating ethics in a leaked June phone call, where she could be heard calling Cambodia’s former leader Hun Sen “uncle” and criticising the Thai…

2 hours ago Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent in Bangkok Getty Images Paetongtarn Shinawatra Thailand’s Constitutional Court strikes again, removing yet another prime minister from office. The country’s notoriously interventionist panel of nine appointed judges has ruled that Paetongtarn Shinawatra violated ethical standards in a phone call she had in June with the veteran Cambodian…

9 hours ago Tom BatemanBBC News, Minneapolis and Max MatzaBBC News Watch: Minneapolis shooter “wanted to watch children suffer”, says official Investigators say that the attacker who opened fire on pupils as they were praying at a church in Minneapolis was “obsessed with the idea of killing children”. Robin Westman, who killed two children and…