Thailand's new Prime Minister: Business tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul

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  This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

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  Hello, I'm John Sudworth, and we're recording this at 13 hours GMT on Friday, the 5th of September.

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  Thailand's parliament picks business tycoon Anu Tin Chan Wirakoon to be the next Prime Minister,

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  the country's third in two years.

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  In a major blow for the British government,

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  Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigns following an investigation into her taxes.

• 00:27

  Moscow says any Western troops in Ukraine would be a legitimate target.

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  Also in this podcast, solving the mystery of the winged bronze lion.

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  What we know for sure is that the style of the lion is certainly Chinese and the chemistry of the copper used is certainly from China.

• 00:50

  A new study sheds light on the origins of one of Venice's most iconic monuments.

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  After a turbulent week in Thai politics, the country has a new Prime Minister.

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  The construction tycoon Anutin Chanweirakun secured enough votes in parliament to become Thailand's leader the third in two years.

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  His predecessor, Paytong Tan Shinawat,

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  was dismissed by the Constitutional Court over an ethics breach,

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  and just hours before the parliamentary vote, her father and former leader,

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  Taxin Shinawat, abruptly left the country for Dubai.

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  Thailand's new leader comfortably defeated the candidate of the Shinawatt family's once dominant ruling party.

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  But how did he do it?

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  A question for our Southeast Asia correspondent Jonathan Head.

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  In order to get the number of votes to get a majority in parliament to get the prime minister's job,

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