Plume of smoke seen after Thailand launches air strikes at Cambodia

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Thailand has launched air strikes along its disputed border with Cambodia, the Thai military said on Monday (Dec 8), after both countries accused the other of breaching a ceasefire agreement.  Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim urged both sides to exercise maximum restraint, warning the fighting risked undoing the careful work that went into a ceasefire he helped to broker.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Thailand has launched airstrikes along its disputed border with Cambodia, the Thai military

00:11said on Monday after both countries accused the other of breaching a ceasefire agreement

00:16brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump.

00:19Eyewitness video released on Monday showed a huge plume of smoke rising on the Cambodian

00:24side of the border in Chutilkong in Praiavihia province.

00:29Another video purportedly showed primary school students in Odor Menchi province being told

00:34to evacuate to safety.

00:38Cambodia's defense ministry said in a statement that the Thai military had launched dawn attacks

00:43on its forces at two locations following days of provocative actions and added that Cambodian

00:49troops had not retaliated.

00:51Thailand's army said Cambodia's military had fired BM-21 rockets towards Thai civilian areas,

00:58providing there were no reports of casualties.

01:01Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has expressed his concern over reports

01:06of the clashes.

01:08He urged both sides to exercise maximum restraint, maintain open channels of communication and

01:14the other.

01:15He urged both sides to make full use of the mechanisms in place.

01:17He urged both sides to make full use of the mechanisms in place.

01:19He urged both sides to take full use of the society.

01:27He

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