17 Jun 2024

BBC World Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin

From Nights, 10:45 pm on 17 June 2024

We cross over to our friends at the BBC to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally

Tonight we're speaking to Jonathan Frewin about the campaign period beginning for the French snap election, Thailand's former prime minister is to face trial on charges of insulting the monarch and Congress summons Boeing's CEO to testify on its jetliner safety.

French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party leader Marine Le Pen, left, gives a speech as party President Jordan Bardella listens, after French President announced he is calling for new general elections, 9 June 2024.

French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) leader Marine Le Pen, left, gives a speech alongside party President Jordan Bardella, after the French president called a snap election he is calling for new general elections, 9 June 2024. Photo: AFP