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Explainer: Why has the Myanmar military staged a coup and what happens next?
The military today declared it had taken control of the country for one year under a state of emergency. By Hayley Halpin Monday 1 Feb 2021, 1:28 PM Feb 1st 2021, 1:28 PM 17,052 Views 5 Comments Military supporters drive-by police trucks parked aside the Streets in Yangon, Myanmar Source: SIPA USA/PA Images
EARLIER TODAY, MYANMAR’S military staged a coup, detaining democratically-elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The military declared it had taken control of the country for one year under a state of emergency.
The intervention follows weeks of rising tensions between the military, which ruled the country for nearly five decades, and the civilian government over elections in November last year that Suu Kyi’s National League for Democrac
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Stormont First Minister and DUP leader Arlene Foster has said it is a dereliction of duty for the British government not to override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol to overcome problems with supply lines.
Supermarkets and independent retailers have struggled to get some products because of additional red tape since Brexit.
Amazon has already stopped sales of alcohol to customers in Northern Ireland because of concerns that it would have to pay excise duty twice.
The online retail giant is preparing to remove some other products that must undergo specific customs checks or tests for sale to customers in Northern Ireland.