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World Service,15 Dec 2025,26 mins
Why Trump’s Thailand-Cambodia peace deal unravelled
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Fighting broke out last week on the Thai-Cambodian border, despite a US-brokered ceasefire in July. The conflict was one of the eight wars that President Trump claimed to have ended, so why did this peace deal unravel? We speak to Jonathan Head, the BBC’s southeast Asia correspondent, from Surin on the Thai side of the border. Producers: Xandra Ellin and Sam Chantarasak Executive producer: Bridget Harney Senior news editor: China Collins Mix: Travis Evans Photo: Thailand's Prime Minister watches as Cambodia's Prime Minister and President Trump shake hands. Mohd Rasfan/EPA/Shutterstock
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