00:00Cambodia has accused Thailand of stepping up bombardments in disputed border areas,
00:06even as both sides hold multi-day talks to end the fighting.
00:10The Defence Ministry said Thai forces shelled parts of Bhante Minche province on Friday morning,
00:16causing extensive damage to civilian homes, property and public infrastructure.
00:23Thai media also recently reported that Cambodian forces launched heavy overnight attacks
00:28along the border in Saqeo province, with several homes damaged by shelling.
00:34The neighbours' long-running border dispute reunited this month,
00:38breaking an earlier truce, killing hundreds and displacing nearly a million people.
00:43Cambodian and Thai officials are in their third day of talks at the border checkpoint on Friday,
00:48with Defence Ministers from both countries due to meet on Saturday.
00:53Cambodian Prime Minister Hon Manet said he also spoke by phone with US Secretary of State
00:58Marco Rubio, who reaffirmed Washington's readiness to facilitate peace talks.
