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

I'm Johnette Jaleel and at 13 hours GMT on Thursday the 24th of July.

These are our main stories.

A deadly military flare-up on the Thai-Cambodian border will bring you the latest.

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constituents is the reason the United States and the Trump administration is burning up over $10 million.

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A longstanding smoldering border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia has escalated dramatically.

With deadly military clashes breaking out, Thai officials say at least 12 people have died in the fighting. Thailand has

bombed Cambodia with fighter jets and closed its entire border with its neighbor. Cambodian troops

have fired rockets and artillery into Thailand. Both sides blame each other for sparking the

fighting.

A Thai foreign ministry spokesman said his country would defend itself.

The Roy Thai government is prepared to intensify our self-defense measures if Cambodia persist in its armed aggression and violations upon Thailand's sovereignty

in accordance with international law and

principles. Neighboring countries have called for a de-escalation. I got more from our correspondent

in Thailand, Jonathan Head, who's at a hospital near the Thai-Cambodian border. I'm actually

outside Pernom-Dongrat Hospital. This hospital was struck by rockets fired

from the Cambodian side. We've seen video of those rockets being fired from rocket launches, but those

rockets and artillery from the Cambodian side struck in many places along the Thai border. There were

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