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UNITED KINGDOM

Top BBC bosses resign over Trump speech edit

The director-general of the BBC quit on Sunday following a row over the editing of a documentary about US President Donald Trump. Tim Davie and the broadcaster's head of news, Deborah Turness, resigned after accusations that a documentary by its flagship Panorama program had edited two parts of one of Trump's speeches together so he appeared to be encouraging the Capitol Hill riot of Jan 6, 2021. Trump welcomed the departures, criticizing the two as "very dishonest people". Davie defended the organization, saying its journalism was seen as the gold standard around the world. But he said mistakes had been made and he had to take ultimate responsibility.

ECUADOR

31 inmates dead in prison rioting

A day of violent rioting at a prison in southwest Ecuador on Sunday caused the deaths of at least 31 inmates, the country's prisons agency said. Twenty-seven prisoners in port town Machala, south of Guayaquil, died from asphyxiation and "immediate death by hanging", according to a statement shared on X by the SNAI prisons agency. There were no other details about how the prisoners died. Earlier in the day, SNAI reported four deaths at the same prison in a separate incident, which was brought under control by tactical police. That riot was prompted by a reorganization of the prisoners in a new maximum security facility, according to the statement.

SOUTHEAST ASIA

Thailand halts peace deal with Cambodia

Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Monday ordered a halt to the joint peace declaration with Cambodia, following a landmine explosion that injured two Thai soldiers near the shared border. The decision came weeks after the two neighbors signed the declaration at the ASEAN Summit on Oct 26.Speaking to reporters, Anutin said the planned handover of Cambodian soldiers held as war captives has been postponed. The Thai Army said the landmine incident occurred on Monday morning near the Preah Vihear temple, injuring two soldiers on patrol.

Agencies - Xinhua