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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Tess McClure and agencies

Fatal clash on Thai-Cambodia border after Trump-brokered peace deal breaks down

Cambodians on scooters during clashes in Banteay Meanchey province on Wednesday
Cambodians on scooters during clashes in Banteay Meanchey province bordering Thailand on Wednesday. Photograph: Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP)/EPA

One person has been killed by gunfire along the Thai-Cambodia border as conflict heats up between the two nations days after a Trump-backed ceasefire agreement has broken down.

Fighting erupted between Thai and Cambodian troops over five days in July, with 43 people killed and 300,000 displaced in the worst fighting along the border in a decade. Donald Trump oversaw the signing of a ceasefire agreement between the two nations in Malaysia this October, after the US president previously threatened to withhold trade privileges from the two countries unless they stopped fighting.

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