Unelected Dynast News Today

officials say the fire has killed at least 49 people and injured hundreds near the eastern city of chittagong. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading commentators in the uk with the journalists from overseas who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline london. this week, as this country marks the 70—year—long reign of queen elizabeth, what future for queens and kings here and globally? from king mswati, whos used his a...

and the braking system failing. now on bbc news, its dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading commentators in the uk with the journalists from overseas who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline london. this week, as this country marks the 70—year long reign of queen elizabeth, what future for queens and kings here and globally? from king mswati, whos used his absolute power to rename his country eswatini to the imperial f...

to celebrate an historic 70—year reign, the elizabethean age. the nations favourite bear kicked off the concert with a private audience with the queen, marmalade and all. happyjubilee, maam. and thank you. for everything. thats very kind. the final day ofjubilee celebrations will end with a huge pageant near buckingham palace later. street parties are also set to be held across the uk in what is being called the big jubilee lunch. explosions shake kyiv, in the first russian assault o...

so theres disarray there already. and unfortunately, with so little slack in the system, british airways, for instance, cancelling around 100 flights a day, but doing that well in advance, its very difficult to see how some of those people are going to get back and theyve got school, some of them exams and of course, many people due back at work tomorrow morning. so what is the situation and what are their rights? well, their rights are very easy to state and theyre absolutely clear. t...

hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading commentators in the uk with the journalists from overseas who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline london. this week, as this country marks the 70—year long reign of queen elizabeth, what future for queens and kings here and globally? from king mswati, whos used his absolute power to rename his country eswatini to the imperial family ofjapan, gods made mortal by an occupying power. from the often absent thai mon...

An unwritten constitution is great until you actually need to find the rules to govern things and then, a written constitution has its own pitfalls — as we see in my country. as we are seeing again right now. yeah, absolutely. and i understand that there is this urge for countries to have a unifying figure — someone who seems to be beyond politics, who can really rally the nation in times of great need or crisis — and that happens in other countries. there are elected presidents or otherwi...

Has its own pitfalls, as we see in my country. as we are seeing again right now. yeah, absolutely. and i understand that there is this urge for countries to have a unifying figure, someone who seems to be beyond politics who can really rally the nation in times of great need or crisis, and that happens in other countries. there are elected presidents or otherwise chosen heads of state who are not part of a dynasty that we see here. although, there are one or two where they are, it can feel almos...

Someone who seems to be beyond politics who can really rally the nation in times of great need or crisis, and that happens in other countries. there are elected presidents or otherwise chosen heads of state who are not part of a dynasty that we see here. although, there are one or two where they are, it can feel almost dynastic. that is true. and also i was once based in south asia and saw two monarchies fall. i mean, well, one, it was a republican revolution that got rid of an unelected dynast ...

Of a dynasty that we see here. although, there are one or two where they are, it can feel almost dynastic. that is true. and also i was once based in south asia and saw two monarchies fall. i mean, well, one, it was a republican revolution that got rid of an unelected dynast in nepal, and in bhutan, it was actually a king who said, "its time for me to give up absolute power and for this to become a constitutional monarchy". but that is the way of the world is heading towards democracy. although,...

And i understand that there is this urge for countries to have a unifying figure, someone who seems to be beyond politics, who can really rally the nation in times of great need or crisis. and that happens in other countries. there are elected presidents or otherwise chosen heads of state who are not part of a dynasty that we see here. although, there are one or two where they are there can feel almost dynastic. that is true. and also i was once based in south asia and saw two monarchies fall. i...