Misha is the fifth largest fast food chain in the world by outlet. It's replaced shaved ice with bubble tea and ice cream. Now Misha has nearly 22,000 franchise stores worldwide. The firm wants to double its presence there by the end of this year.
Deep in the mountains along the Thai border, a bloody civil war rages. Our correspondent gives us rare insight into one of the world’s oldest insurgencies. New, stringent election rules will soon be tested in Britain. We ask if voters are ready. And, the bubble tea franchise taking South-East Asia by storm.
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