Thai officials today said they will freeze an additional £75m (€1.5bn) in assets believed to be controlled by ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and file a criminal lawsuit against two executives of his defunct party for violating election law.

A Thai court disbanded the political party of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra today over election law violations.

The Thai prime minister fired his agriculture and defence ministers today as part of a high-level shake-up aimed at tackling a deadly outbreak of bird flu and a bloody separatist insurgency in the Muslim-dominated south.

Rafael Benitez struggled to control his emotions as he walked out on Primera Liga champions Valencia with Liverpool expected to be his next destination.

THAILAND said that an announcement by English premiership giants Liverpool on Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s bid to buy a stake in the club was imminent and that a signing ceremony could be held at the end of this week.