niaespa asverigeunited kingdom middle east & africa maktoob eng en maktoob.yahoo.com south africa north america canada eng canada fr us eng espa ol south america brazil homemailnewscelebritystylemoviessportfinanceflickrmaktoob arabicmobilemore messengergamesanswersgroups yahoo skip to navigation skip to main content skip to right most column sign in mail mail news celebrity movies sports finance style flickr messenger answers more yahoo sites profile crown prince vajiralongkorn crown prince maha vajiralongkorn will inherit the thai throne the prime minister has said following the death of his father king bhumibol adulyadej . the 64 year old who is the king s only son will succeed a much loved monarch assuming a role many in thailand regard as semi divine . but there are fears the new king will not have the same authority as his father . the crown prince s colourful lifestyle and the country s current political instability mean a smooth succession is not guaranteed . thailand has strict lese majeste laws which protect the royal family from insult or threat . they have largely shielded the monarchy including the crown prince from public view or scrutiny . most ordinary bbc news q india s startup bubble has already burst india s great startup boom has come to an end . after a sustained funding frenzy investor enthusiasm for the country s tech startups has fallen sharply this year . weaker firms are laying off employees and some have closed up shop altogether . startup funding in the second quarter plummeted to 583 million from its recent peak of nearly 3 billion in late 2015 according to cb insights . it s a sharp turnaround for a sector that attracted more than 8 billion last year . we ve already felt the effects of what that bubble would be said arjun malhotra the co founder of indian startup incubator investopad . a lot of the companies that were high performing they are crashing now . the slowdown has cnn money q philippines rodrigo duterte s pivot to china i am no american puppet . i am the president of a sovereign country and i am not answerable to anyone except the filipino people proclaimed rodrigo duterte the philippines controversial leader . it was a defiant remark in response to the west s increasingly vocal criticism of his shock and awe campaign against drugs . over the past few weeks duterte has upped the ante by questioning the philippines century old alliance with the united states while intensifying his diplomatic flirtation with china . first he threatened to expel american special forces aiding filipino counterterror operations in the southern island of mindanao . then he suggested ending joint maritime patrols and military exercises al jazeera q jessica ennis hill retires steel city pays tribute to olympic gold medal winner jessica ennis hill s star shone brightly under the floodlights at london 2012 but she will always be linked to her home city of sheffield . her achievements earned her the freedom of steel city where she grew up and forged her skills as an athlete . and it is in the city which has always remained her training base that news of her retirement has been keenly felt . former sports minister and sheffield mp richard caborn said she is an exemplar for sheffield and the nation . he leads the delivery of the olympic legacy park which will stand on the site of the former don valley stadium where ennis hill trained and competed . the stadium was pulled down in november 2013 as part of budget cuts by bbc news q al arabiya speaks to saudi hunter who slaughtered a giraffe after a graphic video went viral in july showing a giraffe being slaughtered in south africa the saudi hunter rashed al hajri told alarabiya.net that giraffe meat was actually delicious and satisfying compared to goat or veal meat . the 42 year old recounts his hunting story saying we were on a hunting trip in kenya on a boat close to tanzania one day before ramadan . english.alarabiya.net q a saudi man s tales in north korea for many traveling across the capitals of the globe is a dream with some cities coming off as exceptions such as north korea s pyongyang . saudi citizen ibrahim al sarhan had decided to go visit the city even after waiting two years for the visa to be granted . the saudi born man spoke to al arabiya about his travel to the much maligned country and his thoughts and comments towards it . the calendar began to be implemented on 9 september 1997 the national day of north korea . english.alarabiya.net q el antes y el despu s de una ni a en siria esta peque a de 8 a os fue rescatada de escombros luego de un bombardeo del r gimen sirio . su imagen antes y despu s se volvi viral en facebook . cnn q ufc ronda rousey to make comeback against amanda nunes former ufc champion ronda rousey will make her comeback against amanda nunes on 30 december more than a year after being knocked out by holly holm . american rousey 29 lost her unbeaten record and the bantamweight title in the shock defeat last november . she will try to reclaim her crown against champion nunes of brazil in the main event of ufc 207 in las vegas . rousey is the longest reigning ufc champion in women s mixed martial arts history . she held the 135 pound crown for three years from november 2012 to november 2015 . in february the olympic judo bronze medallist said she considered suicide after her defeat by compatriot holm . bbc sport q when a scud missile lands near makkah the mountainous city of taif is only 70 kilometers from the holy city of makkah . that is why the missile attack targeting it two days ago is a new and dangerous development in the ongoing war in yemen . it serves as a reminder that the struggle in yemen is regional and vindicates saudi arabia s position that the war has been directed against it since the beginning.the houthi rebels who support iran fired the ballistic missiles probably in cooperation with former yemeni president ali abdullah saleh who possessed an arsenal of russian arms . it is important to understand the circumstances that led to the conflict in yemen when the saudi and the arab gulf coalition s intervention was criticized . arab news q love island will return for a third series good news for fans of love island itv has announced it will be back next year . bosses have ordered a third season of one of the summer s most talked about shows . its second run is thought to have doubled last year s viewing figures with an average of 1.3 million people watching each episode . we can t wait to do it all again next year said itv studios creative director richard cowles . although the series officially finished last night with nathan massey and cara de la hoyde crowned champions it will return for a special episode on sunday 17 july . love island heading home will follow the islanders as they re reunited at the wrap party . which will no doubt mean clashes as exes come face to face bbc radio 1 newsbeat q too black panto rant stirs sleeping beauty producer theatre staff have been stunned by accusations that their christmas pantomime is too black . a caller to the stag theatre in sevenoaks complained that the number of ethnic minorities in sleeping beauty was not representative of the town . producer jamie wilson responded with a wry open letter that said skin colour should not be relevant . how many is too many my first draft was a bit angrier he added . mr wilson said he chose the cast which includes ricky norwood from eastenders and singing group cleopatra based on their ability and suitability for the production which runs from 2 december to 8 january . he said a member of box office staff was upset and frustrated by the enquiry bbc news q 23 absurdly fab photos from karim el chiaty & victoria s secret model ana beatriz barros wedding you might have noticed people making the move to sahel gouna and other such dreamy beachy lands during the eid weekend but what about the mysterious case of mykonos why were our social media feeds suddenly flooded with images of the greek tropical island a coincidence we think not . everyone in the country or world has been buzzing about what can only be described as the biggest most glam wedding of the year where brazilian victoria s secret supermodel ana beatriz barros tied the knot with egyptian greek billionaire karim el chiati . you could say a few celebrities made an appearance . nothing special . a slew of luxurious villas held over 400 guests who flew from all over the world for cairo scene q asia nervous over post obama era cnn last week just as philippine and u.s. military forces were kicking off what could be the last of a half century of joint maneuvers the philippines brash new leader told president barack obama he would likely be breaking up with the united states and that obama could go to hell . the comments were only the most public expression of the underlying fears being felt in much of asia a region grappling with uncertainty over what the post obama era will bring . the trans pacific partnership trade pact is on life support and republican presidential candidate donald trump has questioned us support for key allies and seemed to call into question the american nuclear umbrella leaving open the very real possibility of an asia firmly dominated by china . perhaps recognizing the shifting landscape philippine president rodrigo duterte last tuesday warned i will be reconfiguring my foreign policy . cnn q russia china plot joint response to us missile shield moscow amid escalating us russia tensions the russian military said tuesday it will cooperate with china on efforts to fend off a threat posed by the us missile defense program.lt . gen. viktor poznikhir of the russian military s general staff accused the pentagon of developing the shield as part of planning for a possible first nuclear strike . the missile defense system considerably shifts the balance of offensive weapons allowing the planning of a more efficient pre emptive strike he said at a security conference in china . russia and china have frequently expressed concerns about the us missile shield but poznikhir dropped any diplomatic reticence in his blunt speech that reflected a arab news q yemen war my children are starving to death al tohaita yemen in a shantytown in a deserted area of yemen s al tohaita district six year old ahmed abdullah ali and his 13 siblings often go to sleep hungry . the effects of malnutrition have been the most dramatic on young ahmed whose small frail body looks much younger than his age . i get 500 yemeni rials 2 per day and i have 14 children so i can hardly provide them with bread tea and goat s milk to drink the boy s father abdullah ali told al jazeera . they are suffering from malnutrition . always they need food . many residents of this sparsely populated area located in the western hodeidah province earn some income by breeding animals but it is not enough to make a living . al jazeera q egyptian girl sold into slavery at the age of 8 publishes her memoirs despite having been heavily covered by western media the sad saga of an egyptian girl who was robbed of her childhood in the cruelest way possible is only just beginning to become known here in egypt after one facebook user took to the social network to