BBCNEWS BBC News July 11, 2024
Hello, welcome to the programme. Military leaders in myanmar have staged a coup and declared a State Of Emergency for at least a year. Hours earlier, they detained the countrys de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and several of her fellow leaders in the National League for democracy. The military says its in response to alleged Election Fraud in novembers General Election which saw aung sang suu kyi returned to power by a huge majority. Lets speak to our South East Asia correspondentjonathan head. Just a few hours ago, elected politicians were about to convene a new parliament and just a couple o...